According to Maui News Alice and the band will be performing at Mala Wailea (co-owned by Shep Gordon) in Hawaii on New Year's Eve on a bill that includes "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pat Simmons and Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, and producer Bob Rock with Tom Arnold acting as emcee. Alice performed in Hawaii last New Year's Eve in a band which also featured James Hetfield of Metallica and Mick Fleetwood. The event benefits the Maui Food Bank and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

SKY3D are repeating the "Alice Cooper's Night Of Fear" show from Alexandra Palace, London TONIGHT at 10.30pm. The performance will also be shown several times on DirecTV's 3D channel 3net in the USA on New Years Eve/Day beginning at 3AM 1st January.
(Thanks Steve)

Beginning on Tuesday January 3rd Swedish Channel Two will air "The History Of Hard Rock", an 11 part series. The synopsis for part one mentions Alic Cooper.

Karen Hunter has updated her blog to cover the last days of the US tour with photos and stories.

Alice Cooper has been announced as headlining the final day ("Heavy Guitar Day") of Zappanale in Bad Doberan (near Rostock) on August 5, 2012. Tickets seem to go on sale on January 15th. More info on their website.

Alice can be heard during "Suzi Quatro In Search Of..." tonight on Radio Two. He also turned up on a previous episode which can be heard here.

Damon Johnson is hosting the "2nd Annual Concert for a Cause featuring Damon Johnson" on February 25th in Sterling. IL. There's a limited number of VIP tickets available for $50 while standard tickets are $20. Contact Ben at 815.590.6936 for info or tickets or check out the event facebook page for info and updates.

Brave Words have posted a photo gallery from the Bridgeport show on December 3rd. Hard Rock Heaven have a review of the Ohio show with photos.

Alice has drawn a portrait of Freddie Mercury which is being auctioned in aid of the Mercury Phoenix Trust. You can see the image and place bids now at Bandstores.

Ruta66 have a new interview with Neal Smith (in Spanish).

Alice Cooper has apparently been confirmed as playing the 'Rock Of Ages' festival in Seebronn, Germany which takes place between July 27th and 28th 2012 with Alice playing the 28th. Tickets are on sale now.

Alice will be on "The Sound of 2011" on BBC Five Live this Christmas Eve at 6pm. There is a video at the above link featuring Alice.

Xmas Pudding reports come from AZ Central in another review and interview while  Ultimate Classic Rock also have a short piece. Chuck, Tommy and Glen, with Bruce Kulick, backed Rob Halford who ran through a selection of Priest classics, Dash Cooper and Runaway Phoenix backed Orianthi in a short solo set while Alice and the full band ran through a set that included 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'Poison', 'Hey Stoopid', 'Halo Of Flies', 'Eighteen', 'I'll Bite Your Face Off', 'Under My Wheels', 'School's Out', 'Elected' and 'Run Rudolph Run'.

Hit Channel have an interview with Bob Ezrin talking but Alice and his career.

Alice was on Fox News again this year to promote last night's Pudding show. They also have a report from the show itself and a review.

Cinema Dave has posted a longer version of his interview with Alice.

MikeDolbear.com has an interview with Glen Sobel.

Palm Beach New Times has a review of the Hollywood, FL show with a great discription of Alice live: "Alice Cooper is a puppeteer in a world of CGI". The Palm Beach Post also has a review while Creative Loafing has photos from Atlanta (where Damon Johnson joined the band for 'School's Out'!).

Nights With Alice Cooper has a Xmas competition to win various swag (US only).

New interviews with Alice can be read at Collage Times, AZ Central, Cheerokee Tribune, Music News, and the Phoenix New Times.

There's a two page interview with Alice in this weeks NME (UK).

There's photos of the House Of Blues show by Michael Zorn over at SmugMug, while the Orlando Sentinal has a review.

If you want to get into the Christmas spirit Skype have a cool little gizmo on their site right now which features the full Alice band hamming it up while playing 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas', which can be customised to end with a greeting to the person of your choice.

Miami New Times, Tuscon Examiner and the Huffington Post all have interviews and photos with Alice.

Next summer is starting to take shape with the addition of a show in Switzerland on August 3rd at the 'Rock Oz'arenes' festival in Avenches, Switzerland. Tickets appear to be available now.

Classic Rock Revisted has a long interview with Dennis Dunaway.

The title of the forthcoming Sam Dunn Alice Cooper documentary has been announced as 'Vincent Goes To Hell: An Alice Cooper Doc Opera". The Canadian financed film is tentatively scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next September.

Apparently Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander will no longer be appearing at the Xmas Pudding show this weekend. Also The Gin Blossoms have been forced to pull out due to contractual conflicts with a local festival show they are booked to play in January. The contract stipulates they can't play another show within a certain distance of the festival, even a CHARITY show!

Alice Cooper has been announced as headlining the Skogsrojet festival in Rejmyre, Sweden which takes place on the 10th-11th August next year. The tickets costs SEK 530 for festival pass or SEK 635 for the Festival and camping, and are bookable now.

Dick Wagners' facebook interview from this weekend can be read now here.

Orlando Sentinal, Observer Online, Palm Beach New Times, Backstage Beat, and MDJ online all have a few words with Alice.

Oshawa News has a video report of the local show with some live footage.

Alice was interviewed by golfer Goran Zachrisson on Sweden's 'Viasat Golf' which you may be able to catch on repeats.

AV Club have a long interview with Alice, taking him through a playlist of Cooper songs from the early years to 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', while Go Erie and the Chicago Sun Times have short interviews with Alice.

Dick Wagner will be the guest for the "Facebook Music Interview" this Sunday December 11th at 11am PST / 2pm EST (North America) / 7pm (UK) / 8pm (Euro).

There's another new Roxie interview over at UberRock while The Gauntlet has a report of the London guitar clinic and show.

Dennis Dunaway and Blue Coupe will be in France in April playing the following shows:
April 19th - Bastia (Corsica) - Jazz Equinoxe
April 20th - Peymeinade (Nice) - Salle des Fetes
April 21th - Arles - Le Cargo
Hopefully more shows will be added.

CSNPhilly have a report form the Atlantic City show.

There's a fan's review and photos from the Bristol show here.

CovChurch have an article about Alice promoting Solid Rock in Phoenix.

Blabbermouth have a video interview, by Rhythm Magazine, with Glen Sobel showing off his kit.

More acts have been announced for the 'Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding show' next week. Alice will front a 'Super Band' on the night the line up of which includes current AC guitarist Orianthi, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Brian "Head" Wetch (Korn), The Tubes, John Corabi (Union, ESP, Motley Crue), Bruce Kulick (Kiss/ESP/Union), and Kip Winger (Winger/AC).
If you donate you could also be in with the chance to be a "Roadie For A Day' in a special draw.

The New York Times has an article about the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' with quotes from Alice.

Calico Cooper is part of a new project called 'Finding The American Dream' which will be a new show following her travels across the United States and interviewing people about what the 'American Dream' means to them, if it still exists. The show is looking for backing via Kickstarter, a site at which you can pledge money ($5 upwards) to support the project in return for special access to reports and other benefits starting with signed DVD's up to being in the film or getting credited as a producer depending on the amount you pledge.

The Waterloo Record has a new interview with Alice.

The new issue of Classic Rock magazine has a review of the London show with photos, and chooses 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' as #14 in it's critics list of albums for 2011. Alice (amongst others) will also be on the cover of the 100th issue of Revolver magazine in the US whihc hits newstands on December 13th.

Alice will apparently be a guest at the 2012 'Show Harley', a Harley Davison Motorbike show on January 28th 2012 at the Bell Center in
Montreal. The website suggests this is a full band show playing a greatest hits set. Tickets are on sale now.

Sergio at Ruta66 in Spain interviewed Alice on Toulouse and you can read it (in Spanish) here. In the interview Alice apparently suggests that the next Alice Cooper album will be recorded in 2013 by the original Alice Cooper band, Neal, Dennis, Michael and himself, with Bob Ezrin producing. Of course as with anything said this far in advance it may or may not happen. 

CT Post also has an interview with Alice promoting the Bridgeport show on Saturday.

Runaway Phoenix (Dash Cooper's band) have recently released their first single: "Tug of War (feat. Alice Cooper)" on iTunes, Amazon MP3 (US), Amazon MP3 (UK) & Spotify. Alice performs an intro for the new song. The band will also be performing at this years Xmas Pudding show in Phoenix.

The Times-Union reviews the Albany show.

Ryan Roxie was interviewed at the Gibson Custom Event in Frankfurt last month and techheads can check it out on YouTube. Roxie is planning a new box set for 2012 which will feature the 'Dad's Porno Mag', ' Peace Love And Armageddon', and 'Two Sides To Every Story' along with a bunch of Unreleased songs from Roxie 77 and other Roxie bands.

Karen Hunter has updated her road blog with some behind the scenes stories and photos from the end of the European tour.

Just in time for Xmas you can buy your Alice Cooper Christmas Stocking direct from the AC store!

Ultimate Guitar has a new interview with Neal Smith talking about the Coopers and his new album 'Killsmith 2'. Brave Words also interview Neal.

Ultimate Classic Rock have named 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' their top album for 2011! They are also taking votes for the Tour of the Year.

The Times Union has a new interview with Alice. The Daily Express has a very short article on Alice. He was also interviewed in Russia on RT which you can see on YouTube.

Chuck Garric was interviewed by 102.3 The Wolf and you can listen to the show now. Chuck appears at around 44 mins into the show.

The official Alice Cooper Facebook posted the following: "Alice will recap the Midseason Finale of one of his favorite shows, 'The Walking Dead!'"

Dimma have a new EP on the way and have recorded a new version of AC classic 'Halo Of Flies' with Dennis Dunaway on bass. You can listen to it now at Soundcloud.

Revue have an article about the song 'Dead Babies'.

MLive have a review of the Mount Pleasant show.

The NME have posted a new video interview with Alice on YouTube. Part one is here while part two is here and part three here.

Planet Rock are offering an Alice signed DAB radio on ebay as part of their "Movember" fundraising towards men's health issues.

The Huntington Herald-Dispatch has a preview of Sunday's show.

Nottingham Confidential interviewed Ryan Roxie while he was here last week while Bill Crowe and Ken Bloor have posted photos (and video) from the Nottingham show.

Issue 5 of 'Viva Le Rock', a new rock magazine in the UK has a four page interview with Alice.

Alice is being interviewed on BBC4 tonight, Monday 21st November, at 10pm and 2am on an hour long show called "Mark Lawson Talks To..."

Ryan Roxie has arrived in the UK and you can catch a few clips from the first UK show at YouTube including "The Song That Didn't Rhyme!" Check below for the remaining dates.

If you ever wondered what Alice is listening to you can now check out his playlist if you have Spotify installed.

Glen Sobel is interviewed is interviewed by UK Drummer.

Charity Buzz are auctioning the chance to for you and three guests to have dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando before the Alice Cooper show at the Hard Rock Live, and then to meet Alice after the show. The auction runs until November 30th and you can place a bid here.

According to an interview with director Sam Dunn ('Iron Maiden: Flight 666' and 'Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage' etc) he's working on an Alice Cooper biography movie. Alice is also featured in a couple of episodes of Dunn's current series  'Metal Evolution' which is airing on VH-1 Classic in the US and MuchMoreMusic in Canada from November 25th.

Ultimate Classic Rock has a few words with Dick Wagner about his return to the stage.

The Morning Sun has an Alice article promotoring the Soaring Eagle show on November 26th.

The Western Telegraph has an article about a converted hearse, hired for Alice and used at the start of the 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' show which aired in the UK last night. The show can been see now on BBC iPlayer but is probably subject to region restrictions, however it's currently also on YouTube so everyone can see it until it's pulled.

MLive has an interview with Alice promoting the Mount Pleasant show.

French magazine 'Hard Rock' has an Alice Cooper front cover and article the new November/December issue.

More French press and photos can be seen at Inside Rock and Street Press.
(Thanks Francois)

A reminder that Dick Wagner will be performing at the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern on Cleveland on November 17th.

Roxie will have some special surprises at the shows... one being a very 'limited' supply of the brand new 'Casablanca 'album 'Apocalyptic Youth' which won't be officialy released until next year. On top of that Roxie is giving away free song downloads this week!!
Ryan says "Thank you ALL in the U.K. (and elsewhere) SO much for helping me promote this intimate, impromptu, and improbable U.K. 'Coming Home' Tour... I'm really looking to playing for you...SO much so that I want you guys to be prepared ;) ..that is why I'm giving you ALL the R77 'Two Sides' acoustic songs for free this week... Head on over to the Roxie77.Bandcamp.com, get your free downloads, listen, and tell me what YOU want to hear!
...and above all....Enjoy the Ride"

Bob Ezrin receieved the "outstanding contribution" award at last weeks Classic Rock Awards. The new issue of Classic Rock Magazine has an interview with Bob commenting on some of the albums he's produced over the years, incuding Alice Cooper albums of course.

The new Metal Hammer (UK) features a cool double page photo of Alice at the London show during 'Elected'.

Blue Coupe are back in NYC on Wednesday 23rd November at the Bowery Electric for a pre-Thanksgiving show. Also playing are 'Dirty And Naughty' and 'Lightning Raiders'.

Dick Wagner has messages and photos up on Facebook after his show last night at the Magic Bag. By all accounts it was a great success in front of a sold out crowd.

Alice Cooper has been confirmed as headlining next years Bloodstock festival which takes place between August 10th and 12th at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, Derbyshire. Alice will close the festival on the 12th. Weekend tickets go on sale December 15th with day tickets on sale later. Festival booker Vicky Gregory commented, "As Bloodstock organisers but more importantly Huge fans of Alice Cooper, we are thrilled to have such an iconic artist close proceedings on the Sunday night! We have been after Alice for a number of years and are extremely excited to see him grace the Ronnie James Dio stage and guarantee this will be a performance not to be missed."

Hot Press have a review of the London show.

There's a multi-page article on Shep Gordon in the December issue of Oprah's 'O' magazine in the USA.

Dick Wagner is gearing up for his return to the stage, after his recent medical problems, tomorrow at the Magic Bag in Ferndale and there's a new interview with the man at the Daily Tribune.

There's a nice Blue Coupe interview from the recent NY show that you can see now on YouTube.

The Ryan Roxie tour is coming along and we now have confirmed the dates below. Thanks for everyone who has sent in ideas and info. It's been very helpful and we'll keep everything in case we need it in the future. These are small intimate shows with basically just Roxie and his guitar playing for YOU. A chance not to be missed!! Spread the word and don't miss out, it may not happen again! The confirmed dates so far are as follows:
17th Nov - Bedford - Esquires 'Dannys Bar'
19th Nov- Nottingham - 'The Old Angel Pub'
21st Nov - Kilburn, London - 'Powers' (Clinic then show)

Damon Johnson has now been named as a permanent member of Thin Lizzy in a new press release which you can read at Blabbermouth. "When Scott Gorham called me and asked me to play with my favorite band of all time, I didn't even hesitate," Damon said. "I have always loved Thin Lizzy and their music is a huge part of my life. Hell, I even named my daughter 'Sarah' after one of their songs!"  While long time Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham states "Damon brings back the classic feel Thin Lizzy had when Phil was still with us. He has been kicking ass every night and asking him to join was a no-brainer." You can see Damon with Lizzy on tour now.

You can now hear the French RTL interview at their site.

There's been some press around the Belgium show including reviews at De Morgan, Knack Focus and Cutting Edge. Sonic Shocks reviews the London show with photos.

Shadow Locked has a report from the BFI event.

Metal Band Art interview Alice art director Ernie Cefalu about his career.

Karen Hunter has updated her behind the scenes blog with insight on the UK tour.

The Examiner reviews a storming set by Blue Coupe in New York which included several guest appearances. The long setlist featured the normal mix of original material with Blue Oyster Cult and Cooper songs as well as Steppenwolf material with guest keyboardist Goldie McJohn and a couple of blues tracks with guitarist Joe Louis Walker.

The Ryan Roxie/Casablanca shows announced last week have unfortunatly been postponed, but Roxie still wants to come to the UK to play! We are setting up a few intimate acoustic nights during which Ryan will play songs from his entire career including some Alice songs never performed live before as well as material from Roxie 77, Casablanca, Electric Angels and other surprises. 
So far we have shows on November 17th in Bedford and November 21st in London (a guitar clinic followed by a show), exact details to follow, but are looking for pubs or music shops, small intimate venues, between these two dates that would be interested in having a show, especially major towns like Glasgow and Birmingham where more fans would be able to get to the shows. If you know of anywhere and can promise 'nothing but a good time' then drop me a line and we'll see what can be arranged. Obviously this is only a couple of weeks away so time is of the essesence.

Alice appeared on the BBC Radcliffe And Marconie show on Monday which you can listen again to at BBC iPlayer depending on your location.

Film News have a report from the BFI appearance which is worth checking out. The whole event was filmed and may turn up on the BFI site at some point.

Damon Johnson has confirmed he will be with Thin Lizzy when they hit the UK next year to tour. Check out the Thin Lizzy site for full dates. These have been on sale for a while but there are still standing tickets available for you to see Damon up close.

There's been some French press turning up including a report at Maville, a short interview at Nord Eclair, a long article at RTL which seems to relate to a radio show being aried on Saturday at 11PM French time, and a chance to win the album as well.
(Thanks Francois)

Back home at STUK HQ after an amazing week on the road in the UK. Below I'll try and catch up with everything that has come through this last week but first I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone for making this such a fun week including the legenday Alice Cooper and Shep Gordon, the super cool Steve and Karen Hunter, the well respected Tommy Henriksen, Bass God Chuck Garric, the drum superstar Glen Sobel, the devine Miss Orianthi, Cesare and the whole crew (without whom there would be NO show), Pat Nowak, Andy Michael and everyone who works so hard to put on the greatest show on the planet.
Special thanks are due to the amazing Toby Mamis who came through for the fans yet again this year, going out of his way, even when snowed under with other things to do, to personally help sort out problems that arose for fans especially in London and Manchester, and do his very best to make sure everyone was taken care of in the face of venue stupidity. I doubt many bands have someone who cares as much as Toby about such things and we are very lucky to have him. Thank You all.

Anyway, on with the news in no particular order. Apologise if some of this is too late but getting a connection on the road proved very difficult this year.

Alice posted a brief Halloween greeting on YouTube. He also introducees his Top 13 scary videos also on YouTube.

Arthur Brown joined in the Halloween fun at the London show to perform his big hit 'Fire' at the end of Alice's performance with the band nailing the song!

Various long and short interviews: Birmingham Express and Star, Los Angeles Times, The Telegraph, Music News, Daily Record, Saga Magazine (thanks Hannah), Macon.com, Daily Star, The Independent, Metrolyrics, ESPN (a long interview), The Big Issue,
Q Magazine, and Reelz (short video about BFI appearance).

Dennis Dunaway: 23rd October Blue Coupe played at May Pang's Birthday party in New York City and tonight they are playing two shows at Iridium in Times Square, New York with special guest Goldie McJohn from Steppenwolf. Dennis also checked in with 'The Five Count' for Halloween which you can currently hear at their site.

Neal Smith's new 'Killsmith 2' album should be arriving in mail boxes around now (it's arrived here). You can check out the full press release here. STUK Review will follow. You can order the album from NealSmithRocks.com.

Alice's visit to the House Of Commons is covered by the Belfast Telegraph, The Sun (photo), Reuters (video),and  Ham and High (photo)

Guitar International review 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare'.

Alice was presenting UK music quiz show 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' yesterday in London. The show will air Monday 14th November at 10pm on BBC2.

Alice also appeared on BBC 5Live to talk about his favourite TV moments which you can hear on their site.

Alice was listed as appearing on Sirius radio yesterday on channel 145's 'Scream Radio' sharing 'scary songs and Halloween themed stories'.

The Scotsman has run a story about Bill Crowe's stolen van as reported last week. Again if anyone is offered anything that they think could come from Bill's collection PLEASE get in touch so we can catch them.

The Winnepeg Free Press has an article about Alice wanting a statue erected to honor the famous Toronto Chicken! Of course Alice never 'killed' a chicken, until two days ago in Glasgow on Halloween! Photos to follow!

Keri Kelli was with the 'Big Ball Stars' for a Halloween bash at the Key Club in Hollywood on Sunday. He's heading off this week to work on the new 'Shameless' CD in Germany. Some will remember previousl 'Shameless' albums have featured Keri and Eric Singer. There's also brand new Keri merchandise up now in the KK store.

Gibson.com have an article highlighting some of Alice's great guitarists from Glen to Orianthi.

A few more details about Alice's cameo in Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' are revealed at Comic Book Movie. Alice plays himself in the film, which is set in 1972 � Depp’s character, the recently revived vampire Barnabas Collins, hires the rock star to play a private ball at his seaside home in Maine.

There is an official Alice Cooper ' Welcome 2 My Nightmare' Air Rock App which is a "one-of-a-kind app transforms your iPhone or iPod Touch into the perfect air guitar or air drum kit so you can rock out to Alice's ace new album like you've never rocked before. Play-along with exclusive interactive songs from 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' or remix tracks with Alice Cooper's freaky AIR FX, you control the nightmare!" Presumably you can grab this from iTunes.

Orianthi's new EP entitled 'Fire' is out now on iTunes and well worth checking out.

Use the code 'HALLOWEEN10' at the official Alice store to get 10% off orders for Halloween.

VH-1 Classic in the USA will be showing highlights from this years UK Download festival on November 8th. Presumably this will be the show aired on Sky Arts a few months ago in the UK.

As mentioned before the tour Alice and Sheryl took part in a photo shoot for 'OK' magazine a few weeks ago in Italy. The photos and interview are in the current issue on sale now in the UK. Quotes from the interview have been used in various other places including Noisecreep and Digital Spy.

Gigwise has photos from the Sheffield show as well as a rather inacurate one line review... STUK's photos should be online in the photo section in the next day or so. There's a LOT to sort through!
The Birmingham Express and Star also has a review and photos. There's Bristol pics at Flicker. The Sun review the London show. Purple Revolver review Manchester. 

If anyone happens to have taken photos at the Birmingham show, and capture a pic of the young lady (Becky) throwing out the balloons during 'School's Out' she would love to have copies. You can email me and I can put you in touch.

Just a quick update from the road. Many of you will know Bill Crowe, superfan and supplier of the snake, Dali, which Alice uses in the UK and Europe. While in London Bill's van was stolen, and inside was a great deal of Alice memorabilia as well as personal items. As many of these items would ONLY be of interest to a bigtime Alice Cooper fan we ask if everyone could keep their ears and eyes open for any of the following, especially if you are offered them for sale. Leather Jacket signed by all the band, 'Living Dead Souls' embelished coat, Alice style Stove Pipe hat, A4 signed photos of Alice and the band, W2MN signed vinyl, Steve Hunter signed original albums. There was lots more but these are the things Bill has listed so far. Luckily 'Dali' was at the hotel and so safe, but we would love to catch these creeps so if anyone does happen to hear anything please let us know and we can pass info onto Bill and the police. Thanks.

Alice Cooper is guest hosting on the show 'Nevermind The Buzzcocks' next week (1st Nov) and they are looking for fans to come along to sit in the studio audience and support the man himself... if you would like more details please contact chris.kearsey@talkbackthames.tv for tickets.

Ryan Roxie will be in the UK in a couple of weeks with his band Casablanca. You can catch up with them at the following shows:
Nov 16 Yardbirds, Grimsby, United Kingdom
Nov 17 ABC2, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 18 O2 Academy 2, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 19 Rock City, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Nov 20 O2 Academy 2, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Nov 21 Islington 02, Academy Islington, United Kingdom
Also on the bill will be Airrace (who headline most nights), Houston, Vega, Casablanca, Coldspell and The Quill (London only).
There is also a "chance to win 2 tickets to the town of your choice to Casablanca's November UK tour! Please name at least 2 other 'band names' that the band members of Casablanca are also associated with..... Please email answers and first + last name to michael@theunit.se including which town you´d prefer tickets to"

Alice will be the guest on Planet Rock's Morning show at 10AM today. Sorry for the late notice, but it should be available to listen again later in the day.

According to The Argus Alice will be the guest of Mike Weatherley MP (Member of Parliment) today at the House Of Commons, home of the UK government. Weatherley, the MP for Hove, is known for his support of rock and metal music.

There's an Alice review/article in Goedgelovig which looks like it's in Germanic language. There's also an Itallian album review here.

Lastly, it's UK tour time again so we're off on the road for the next week. As always you can keep you eyes on the forums for news updates that I may not be able to post before they happen.
Happy Halloween everyone!

From the Alice Cooper facebook page: "While in Australia Alice was given an Airbrush Painting of himself by a fan. Alice has donated it for an auction to benefit Tomas Jovic, a 7-year-old Australian boy who has been fighting cancer since 4 years of age. He has now been diagnosed with aggressive leukaemia. It's a great piece of original art for any Alice fan, and it's been signed by the entire current touring band, let's get Tomas as much money as we can. His family needs help Sick Things!" You can bid on the painting now on ebay.

Alice will be on UK daytime show 'Loose Women' at 12.30 on Monday 24th October. Before that he'll be a guest on 'The Danny Baker Show' tomorrow at 9am on BBC Radio 5 Live, which is likely to be available to "listen again" shortly after.
UPDATE: Apparently the Danny Baker show interview is NEXT Saturday, 29th, not 22nd, despite what it indicated on the site.

Mojo magazine has a Q & A with Alice as well as a self portrait.

There's been some Austrian press as well the last couple of days including an interview at Kleine Zeitung as well as some photos, another interview (unfortunatly dubbed) at ORF TV, the front cover of Planet.tt magazine (.pdf), and two sets of photos from the show here and here.

ConcertLive are to make certain shows available on CD either to pick up at the show or to have sent to you by mail. The shows so far listed are the Birmingham show on October 27th, the London show on October 29th (which is also being aired on Sky Arts on Halloween), and the Lille show on November 3rd. Each show is £20.
Solid Rock has announced a couple more acts performing at the Xmas pudding in Phoenix on December 17th. Joining Alice and the band will be Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, and Brian "head" Welch of Korn. Tickets go on sale at 10am tomorrow at the Comerica Theatre box office, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix, by phone at 800-745-3000 or at livenation.com.

AC.com have "unearthed" some copies of last years 'Keepin' Halloween Alive' 7" single which are available now if you missed out last year.

The Star has a short interview with Alice.

'Killsmith Two', the new Neal Smith album, is available to buy now via NealSmith.com. The album contains 12 new songs and comes autographed by Neal for a limited time.
Track listing is as follows: 2000 Miles From Detroit - Suicide Highway - Cemetery Of The Damned (23) - Evil Voodoo Moon -Death By The Numbers - Crimes Of High Passion - Legend Of Viper Company -Die For The Night - Strip Down - Kiss My Rock - Anything - Squeeze Like A Python.

The 70s Alice Cooper albums are being released by Warners in Japan in the mini-LP format. These are remastered SHM-CD's (playable in normal CD players) that come in exact replicas of the original LP album covers, including the original extras like the 'Muscle Of Love' cardboard box and the 'School's Out' desk and panties. Normally Japanese mini-LP's sell out very quickly and never make it out of Japan. The first batch are released on December 21st and include 'Killer', 'Love It To Death', 'School's Out', 'Billion Dollar Babies', 'Easy Action' and 'Pretties For You'. The second batch follows on January 18th 2012 and features 'Muscle Of Love', 'The Alice Cooper Show', 'From The Inside', 'Lace And Whiskey', 'Goes To Hell', and 'Welcome To My Nightmare'.

Alice's appearance on BBC6's 'The First Time With.." is now avaliable to listen again at the 6Music site.

Alice and Calico were featured in 'The Sunday Times' magazine yesterday in a two page spread. Unfortunatly to see it online you have to pay.

The Guardian have posted letters from various celebrities, as if they were sending them to their younger self. Alice is amongst them.

Saga magazine (UK) this month apparently also includes a two page interview with Alice.

Dock Wagner has posted another new demo track at soundcloud.com. This one is called 'Liberty And Justice'.

The Ovation channel in the US are airing the 'Welcome To My Nightmare' movie recorded at Wembley on October 21st.

According to Media Watch, Sky 3D and Sky Arts will be broadcasting the London Halloween show (filmed Oct 29th) in the UK on October 31st at 9pm.

Alice is the subject of "The First Time With..." on BBC6music this Sunday at 12.00.

Alice was interviewed on Triple J's "The Racket" while in Australia and you can listen to it now courtesy of Blabbermouth.

The Urban Wire has a review of the Singapore show.

Alice was interviewed on 'Box Of Rock' on WDHA-FM and you can check out video on YouTube. The video says it's part one, so presumably there will be a part two shortly.

The Jakarta Globe has a review of the Indonisian show.

The Leicester Bangs Blog has a new review of the Blue Coupe album.

Universal have posted a behind the scenes video of the Halloween attraction with designer John Murdy taking Alice himself through the haunted house.

The Guardian seem to have managed to interview both Alice and Ke$ha at the same time about their relationship and the new album.

AsiaOne and Today Online have reviews of the Singapore show.

The 'Making Monsters' show previously mentioned is due air this Sunday at 8pm on The Travel Channel in the USA. You can check out a brief advert here.

Something I seemed to have forgotten to post to the news page recently is the YouTube vids featuring a Glen Sobel drum-cam! You can see Glen playing up close on various songs from the current show, as well as other drumming clips. Check them out here.

Roxie 77, featuring Ryan Roxie of course,  return at last with a show at Engelen in Stockholm on October 16th.

Dick Wagner has posted an early Xmas present in the form of 'Ice Age Suite: Virtual Ballet For Christmas' over at Soundcloud.

From the British Film Institute:
"In the midst of his Night of Fear Halloween UK Tour, rock royalty Alice Cooper will take to the BFI Southbank stage to discuss his passion for the horror movie genre and how film has inspired and informed his career, his songs and his life. Illustrated by clips curated by Alice, from 'the Black Queen' in Barbarella through Alice's B-movie favourites to contemporary titles that bear the mark of Alice's trailblazer influence. We hope to welcome special guest contributors."

A new book entitled "Backstage: All Access" by Larry Singer is now available from AmazonUS and AmazonUK. Described as "Behind-the-scenes iconic images of some of the greatest rock and roll stars of all time" the book features a front cover of Alice plus rare images of big names from the 70s and 80s, including Alice of course.

The 'Alice-Stein' monster from the current show was featured on The Travel Channels 'Making Monsters' and you can see a preview of the show on YouTube with brief glympses of them painting the head and the monster on stage.

Alice did a short Twitter interview session with fans on Tuesday late in the night (they're on Singapore time) but I heard about it too late to let anyone knew. You can still see the answers to the questions though here.

Orianthi has posted a short video from Singapore showing her and the band just saying "hi". You can also check out a "sneak peek" of Orianthi recording her new EP, "Fire", which will be released soon.

There is now an official UK/European Alice Cooper webstore where you can get tour merchandise you may have missed at the shows.

The West have another brief interview with Alice as does Asia-City.com.

Channel News Asia have a few words with Orianthi.

AZCentral have an article about the Universal Theater attraction with words from Alice.

There's a review of the Singapore show at Live4Music with video and photos, and another review at ChannelNewsAsia.

Noisecreep are offering the chance to win a signed 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' Fender Telecaster guitar. It's open to anyone and all you haveto do is fill in a form, which sounds easy, but they need a telephone number and it doesn't seem to accept UK numbers. Ho humm.

There's more Cooper content in the next issue of Sweden Rock, part two of the two part article that started last month.

The band line up for Dick Wagners' upcoming shows in November includes a familiar name: Prakash John! The legendary 'Welcome To My Nightmare' bassist will join a line up that also includes: Jordon John, Ray Goodman, Al Bondar, Brian Bennet, and Dennis Burr. Bobby Rigg of The Frost (Dick's pre-Cooper/Reed band) will be making a guest appearance in Saginaw.

AC.com have posted some cool background info about the recent shows, including Orianthi breaking a hotel lift! They say: "Yesterday in Perth Alice and I were coming into the hotel from the airport and were on our way to start some interviews, and we see the hotel staff rushing around... Apparently, Ori was trapped in an elevator between the 2nd and 3rd floor, and it had DROPPED 4 floors before stopping there.  Our thoughtful crew guys and Karen Hunter patiently hung out at the elevator doors for an hour and a half while the engineers tried to open the doors, chatting with her and trying to keep her mind on other things... Elevator music can be lethal in large doses you know...  She was in there so long that eventually they decided to pump some oxygen into the elevator, just in case, but there was little danger of her running out of air, or of the pure oxygen reacting with Ori’s astonishingly blonde hair.  She finally made it out in good spirits, and the hotel comped her stay, upgraded her and comped all of her food and drinks... Pretty good idea Ori, I’m going to remember that. I’m on to your tricks..."
Lots more news from Australia at AC.com.

As mentioned a couple of days ago Alice is mentoring contestants for the Australian version of 'X-Factor and apparently he will be seen on the show tonight and tomorrow (presumably with repeats over the week).

Solid Rock have announced a few more details about his years Pudding show which takes place on December 17th at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix. "This year’s show welcomes the return of a Pudding favorite, magician and comedian Murray Sawchuck, who will emcee this magical evening once again!  Details of this highly anticipated event, including an all-star lineup of musicians, dancers, and comedians, will be available soon." This years 'Proof Is In The Pudding' competition is also underway, to find acts to perform at the show, and you can get more info at their site.

New Straits Times and Channel News Asia have a few words with Alice for the Singapore show.

K-Hits has photos from the Melbourne show, while The West has a review of the Perth show last night as well as another short interview.

There's a very cool video of Blue Coupe playing 'I'm Eighteen' at The Rhino in Buffalo with special guest Mike Marconi from the 'Billion Dollar Babies' band and 'Battle Axe' album.

Dick Wagner has posted links to two free songs on his Facebook page. The first is a version of the blues classic 'Stormy Monday' featuring Dick, Steve Hunter and Donny Hartman. The second is a demo version of new arrangement of 'Sweet Jenny Lee' for band rehearsals in Detroit in November.

You can hear Alice's appearance on Triple M 105.1 via a podcast here. He was the last guest on the 28th September.

As expected Alice wasn't at the 'Eyegore Awards' despite what the press releases suggested. Calico made a speech about her father and collected his award, while Coop himself appeared via a pretaped video. Dread Central have a full report of the evening.

Chuck Garric has posted a very cool little video of backstage footage and messing around on YouTube.

Today Online has a new interview with Alice as well as one with Orianthi. The Jakarta Globe also has an interview with Alice.
Even better the East Lothian Courier has an interview with Sickthing Bill Crowe who will be familiar to most UK fans as the guy who supplies Alice's snake when he's in Europe.

Faster, Louder have reviewed the Sydney show with photos. Asia One has short article advertising the Singapore show.
The West have a short piece on the Australian shows.

Revolver magazine have posted photos from the Whisky show.

USA Today have an article focusing on the Cooper Studios Universal Attraction with photos.

Lots of places have been running basically the same article about Ke$ha's appearance on the album. Here's an example from NZCity.

Blue Coupe's current album 'Tornado On The Tracks' is reviewed by 'Universal Music Tribe'.

There's a new 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' review at Stereoboard.

'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' entered the charts in New Zealand at #23.

According to a 'tweet' from 'Moshcam' the site, which hosts live video by a variety of bands, will be professionally filming the Alice Cooper show tonight at the Enmore Theatre.

Alice has been spending his spare time in Australia tutoring contestants on 'X-Factor Australia' for their 'Rock Week' which will air soon.

The Orange County Register has a short video about the Universal Studios attraction including a brief appearance by Calico Cooper and some clips of the Alice Cooper maze.

The Brisbane Times has a show review of the Brisbane show. Faster Louder also have a review with some pics from the show.

Audio Ink has an article made up of quotes taken from other sources!

The September issue of 'Sweden Rock Magazine' has an Alice front cover and part one of a long Alice Cooper article.

More 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' chart positions: Norway: #23, Sweden: #19, Belgium: #80; Canada: #28; Germany: #16 and Switzerland: #49.

The Rock in New Zealand have a new audio interview with Alice.

Alice's apparance on Nikki Sixx's show is now available to hear at trhe Sixx Sense site.

The Guardian has an article with Alice talking about his 'Family Values'.

'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' entered the Swedish charts at #19. In France it entered at #73.

Word has it Neal Smith will be releasing a new 'Killsmith' album in two weeks time! More info when I get it.

San Francisco Chronicle have an article about the Universal Horror Maze, meeting Alice when he visited the attraction while it was being built. Fox News have a different photo.

This Saturday night, Damon Johnson will perform 4 songs with Steven Tyler in Las Vegas for the "I Heart Radio" concert. On lead guitar will be Jeff Beck!. Special guests will also be sitting in. You can apparently watch it live.

'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' has entered the Finnish charts at #17.

Reviews have started appearing after the New Zealand show yesterday including New Zealand Herald, and Stuff.

'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' has debuted in the US Bilboard charts at #22. According to the press release "The founding father of modern horror rock music explodes onto the Billboard 200 this week landing at #22.  With a music career that started more than 42 years ago, Alice Cooper sits squarely on the charts with current artists such as Lady Gaga, Primus, Bush, and Beyonce. This amazing achievement for one of music’s most influential artists proves the relevance and popularity of Alice Cooper today. This debut marks Cooper’s highest charting release in over 20 years, and since the incorporation of SoundScan as a method of tracking album sales. The album also debuted on SoundScan’s Hard Music Albums chart at #6 and Rock Albums chart at #11."
The full press release can be seen at AC.com. Alice has posted a personal message to all Sickthings on his YouTube channel.

Also listed on the press release is an extra Florida show on December 15th at the Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, FL.

3News in New Zealand has posted a long interview with Alice which you can watch at their site.

There's three new short videos posted to the Official Alice Cooper YouTube page including footage from the Australian album launch event at the Hard Rock in Sydney. You can also see photos from the event here.

Lindsay and Chuck Garric have posted a new song called 'To The Light' at bandcamp which also features Damon Johnson on guitar. The song was written to remember Lindsay's brother who passed away a year ago this week. You can read more about the song and its background at Lindsay's Blog.

The Quietus have a new interview with Alice. The Sydney Telegraph have a short video interview as does NineMSN.

Fearnet have posted a report from the Universal Studios Halloween event including photos of some of the scenes in the Alice themed haunted maze. The LA Times also has a look at the attraction.

According to Billboard.biz Alice Cooper has signed a new publishing agreement with Rondor Music Publishing.

Today's album review comes from Starpulse.

NME has a short article about the Whisky show with a photo (also seen elsewhere) of some of the guests backstage. Matt Coddington has posted some nice photos from the show on Facebook and there are more facebook pics here.

The official Alice Cooper YouTube page have posted a short video of Alice arriving in Australia.

Auckland Now and Stuff have new interviews with Alice while TV Station KTLA5 has a video interview with Alice.

'Billion Dollar Babies' tour guitarist Mick Mashbir has another new song out entitled 'Bottom Feeders' which is available now from CDBaby.

The New York Post has the famous Bob Gruen photo of Alice and Dali with comments from Gruen himself.

More album reviews can be seen at Icon vs Icon (you can also win signed copies), SeattlePI, and The Oracle.

A few articles have begun appearing about the Whisky show on Thursday. Rolling Stone has a review and a pic as does Billboard, Ultimate Classic Rock, and Hollywood Reporter.
You can also now listen to the entire Whisky show, anywhere in the world, courtesy of KLOS by clicking here, as well as seeing some more photos from the event.

New Zealand Herald has a short interview with Alice.

Music Radar has a new interview with Orianthi talking about joining up with Alice and the forthcoming tour.

The iPad version of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' is now available in the Apple App store in the UK. It appears to include the album, a digital version of the Classic Rock Fan Pack magazine with video introduction and interview, the 'I'll Bite Your Face Off' video, and some other minor interactive stuff. What is strange is that you can't import the songs to your music library, or burn them to CD, and so you can't listen to them in any other way other then within the app .

Today's online reviews include Rolling Stone (if you can really call it a review), Oregon Music News, and Wizzbang.

So the Whisky show is over and it seems a great time was had by everyone. The setlist for the show was: Train Kept A Rollin', Under My Wheels, No More Mr Nice Guy, Is It My Body, Brown Sugar, I'll Bite Your Face Off, Muscle Of Love, Cold Ethyl, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Billion Dollar Babies, Break On Through, Back Door Man, Poison, Eighteen, School's Out and Elected. Robbie Kreiger of The Doors joined the band for his band's 'Break On Through' and 'Back Door Man' while Ke$ha jumped up on 'School's Out'. Damon Johnson was also up on stage his last appearance with Alice, at least for a while. Apparently Tom Morello was due to join them for 'Poison' but while he was in the audience he didn't make it on stage. Also in attendance were Rob Zombie (who introduced Alice), Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayler of Kiss, Tiffiny Lowe, Bob Ezrin and probably more.
From all reports the KLOS netcast worked a treat but was unfortunately only available to those in the USA.

The Orange County Register has an interview with Alice while The Age in Australia interviews Alice and Bob Ezrin.

LA Weekly has a nice centerspread advert for the Universal Halloween event.

New album reviews today at SeatllePI, Popmatters,

According to SMH.Com.au Alice Cooper MAY be playing at the AFL (Australian Football League) Grand Final on Saturday October 1st.

According to Pollstar Alice Cooper has added two more Canadian shows in December. They are:
December 5th - Kingston, Ontario, K-Rock Centre
December 7th - Oshawa, Ontario, General Motors Center

The Hollywood Reporter has an article that suggests Alice Cooper is in talks with 'American Idol' producer Nigel Lythgoe about a possible 'unscripted' TV project. After Alice's comments about reality TV (including 'American Idol') in the past you would have thought this would have to be something pretty different to get him interested.

The Examiner has a new interview with Alice.

The Orange County Register has an article about the Universal Studios attraction that launches next week.

Alice was on the CBS news talking to Ken Lombardi about the new album and you can watch it here and there's a partial transcription here.

Fox News also have a slice of Alice, this time talking about how romantic Budapest is!!

Alice also called into the Mark and Brian radio show this morning which you can hear in their podcast archive under the "7AM Hour".
According to the official Alice Cooper twitter feed he was also on the 'Bob And Tom' radio show this morning.

Alice Cooper on twitter have also posted a pic of Alice and Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue after Alice appeared on Sixx's radio show 'Sixx Sense' yesterday. I haven't found anywhere to hear this yet but the shows website does have a listen feature, it's just not available outside the USA.

The Dutch Radio 2 interview from last week is now available as a Podcast here.

According to this press release Alice is supposed to be honoured at this years Eyegore Awards which take place on September 23rd at the opening of the Universal Horror Nights attactions at Universal Studios Hollywood. It may be hard for him to actually be there in person though as he should be travelling between New Zealand and Australia that day! Calico Cooper and Rob Zombie are also listed as attending so presumably they can grab Alice's award for him.

'Nights With Alice Cooper' on facebook is offering signed copies of the vinyl versions of both '..Nightmare' albums and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is 'like' their announcement.

The Arizona Republic has a new interview with Alice as does the Miami Herald,

Lots more album reviews have surfaced of course, and they include:  Fear.net, and Ultimate Classic Rock (with competition to win copies).

Ryan Roxie will take part in the annual Russian music exhibition called 'Music Moscow', presenting Gibson guitars. On Friday 16th September he also will do a small set with the local Alice Cooper tribute-act Moscowtown. Then later the same evening Ryan will play the whole 'Alice Cooper classics' set - again with Moscowtown - in the Rock House club in Moscow.

Also in Russia on September 24th Keri Kelli will play an open air biker-fest near the city of Fryazino, which is about 20 km away from Moscow. His set will be a 'rock hits' set, which will include songs from Motley Crue, Guns N' Roses, Kiss and of course Alice Cooper.

Ticketmaster now list all the US dates reported a few days ago here. Tickets for all go on sale this Friday, September 16th, at 10 AM to the general public. There is one additional show up there which is Kitchener, ON on December 6th at the 'Center In The Square'.

The new issue of Classic Rock (NOT the fan pack) has Alice as the guest editor, which means there is an introduction by him and a few comments on other articles throughout the issue, as well as an interview and an album review.

Classic Rock Revisted also have a new interview with Alice.

Rock Eyes, and Female First, have album reviews.

In an update to the show mentioned yesterday it appears that the Music Max show in Australia will be a Alice Cooper documentary.

You can see Alice and the band perform ' I'll Bite Your Face Off' on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' courtesy of Blabbermouth.

The official Alice Cooper Youtube Channel have posted a cool set of videos featuring samples of all the songs on 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' along with Alice commenting on each track.

This months Australian edition of 'Rolling Stone' features a one page article about Alice's own favourite albums.
(Thanks Dwight)

Drummer Glen Sobel will be performing a drum clinic at GS Studios, Owensmouth Road in Woodlands, CA on Saturday September 17th at 4pm.

Also in Australia the Music Max channel is apparently advertising a world premier "No More Mr Nice Guy" on Thursday 22nd September. No other info about what exactly this could be.
(Thanks Brett)

'Rue Morgue' magazine this month (#115) features interviews with Alice and Bob Ezrin.

Alice is the 'guest editor' of the next issue of 'Classic Rock magazine' which is due out in a couple of weeks.

New US tour dates have appeared on Livan's facebook page showing the band opening for Alice Cooper, as they did last month in the US. They are:
November 26th Mt Pleasent, MI Soaring Eagle Casino (On sale Sept 24th)
November 27th Huntington, WV Albee Theater (w/ Livan)
November 29th Verona, NY Turning Stone Casino (w/ Livan)
November 30th Albany, NY Palace Theater (w/ Livan)
December 2nd Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues (w/ Livan)
December 3rd Bridgeport, CT Klein Memorial (w/ Livan)
December 9th Merrillville, IN Star Plaza Theater (w/ Livan)
December 10th Erie, PA Warner Theater (w/ Livan)
December 11th Cincinnati, OH Taft Theater (w/ Livan)
December 13th Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Center (w/ Livan)
December 14th Orlando, FL Hard Rock (w/ Livan)
These dates aren't officially confirmed as yet.

According to Worldscreen 3D versions of selected live performances, including "Alice Cooper's Halloween Night Of Fear' will be offered to broadcasters at  MIPCOM by BBC worldwide. They say "Alice Cooper’s Halloween Night of Fear is to be filmed on October 29th with the set including classics such as “School’s Out,” as well as tracks from Cooper’s new album. The two-hour mix will be available on October 30, 2011 for Halloween broadcasts."

It appears the Classic Rock Fan Pack version of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' has arrived at some stores, like Asda, in the UK as well as some some fans receiving their pre-ordered copies from Future Publishing in the mail (but not us!!). In mainland Europe the standard CD's have been seen in the shops as well.

Blabbermouth have a couple of photos featuring Orianthi rehearsing with the band. She makes her Alice Cooper debut tonight on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'.

Alice's appearance the other night on Rockline can now be heard on their website.

The Gauntlet has posted a very interesting interview with [The Amazing' James Randi about his time with Alice.

Alice was on Dutch Radio 2 last night talking about 'Halo Of Flies' and the current tour on a programme based on the year 1973. It should turn up on a podcast here but isn't there yet as of this moment.

French magazine 'Rock Hard' has a 6 page article on Alice this month (#113) as well as a front cover.
(Thanks Hervé)

Reviews of the new album are now appearing all over the place both online and in the printed press. Generally they are very positive (as they should be!) but there are of course a few slightly strange ones who don't like it. Here's a few to check out if you feel inclinded: Jukebox Metal, Global Mind, Kerrang!, Popdose, Rock And Roll Geek Show, Mehta Kya Kehta, RushOnRock.

The Whisky show in LA next week, which went on sale this morning, has now unsurprisingly sold out. However you still have a chance to hear it as KLOS in Los Angeles will be webcasting the whole show live. They also have some tickets for the show to give away.

According to Planet Rock the legendary 'God Of Hellfire' Arthur Brown has been added to the bill  for the London show in October. He joins the previously announced 'New York Dolls'.

Steve Hunter will be taking part in a live Q & A on the Seymour Duncan Group Forums today from 11am to 12pm Pacific time.

Calico Cooper has had her personal website revamped at Calico Cooper.com so make sure you check it out and see what she's up to!

Acording to Rock Star Weekly Keri Kelli has joined Russian band Pushking. You may recognise the band for last years album 'The World As We Love It' which featured both Keri and Alice making guest apearances amongst a host of others.

In case anyone has missed them, Chuck Garric has been posting a few backstage videos to facebook which have been great fun. The best of the bunch so far is 'The Lemon Project' which you can now watch on YouTube.

Press Release:
In the midst of the “No More Mr. Nice Guy” world tour, Alice Cooper will treat fans to a special performance at the legendary Whisky a Go-Go on Thursday, September 15 2011, 9:00pm. Cooper will take the stage of the legendary rock venue, on the Sunset Strip, for the first time since Alice Cooper the band performed there live in 1969 with Led Zeppelin.

"The Whisky had an option for a return engagement, but we got busy and it just slipped our minds.   No, seriously, the Whisky gig we did with Led Zeppelin is something we all talk about to this day.  It's going to be amazing to go back as a straight ahead LA bar band... We might even take requests.  I figure, if we could do it in London, we can do it at the Whisky.  And it's LA, so you never know who else might show up..."

Earlier this summer, Cooper played the world renowned 100 Club in London with special guest guitarist Johnny Depp and received rave reviews. The London Times gave the evening 4 stars, while Kerrang stated, quite simply, “Truly, this is an amazing gig, priceless. Every Alice Cooper fan deserves to be here”. 

Cooper will be joined by Steve Hunter, one of rock's great guitarists; Tommy Henriksen who co-wrote much of the new release; bassist Chuck Garric; drummer Glen Sobel; and eminent guitar prodigy Orianthi, making her debut with the band.

The audience will hear some old school hits in addition to songs from his new album Welcome 2 My Nightmare, the long-awaited sequel to his 1975 classic Welcome to My Nightmare, which is released on September 13, 2011.

Tickets are available from the Alice Cooper Facebook page if any are still left.

NME have posted a video interview with Alice including some cool footage from the 100 Club show.

Euronews also have a video highlighting Alice under the title "Rock Legends Rod and Alice Still Going Strong'.

Tickets are now available for the Alice Cooper themed 'Halloween Horror Nights' at Universal Studios Hollywood. Check out more info about the events here. You can also see soem artwork from the project at the LA Times.

All sort sof news sites seem to have latched onto Alice's comments about Lady Gaga recently which can be seen on a video at the Washington Post.

Alice Cooper has added more Australian shows to make up for the canceled 'Soundwave Revolution' shows. This includes a second night at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne. The full list of shows is now:
Thursday 22nd September - The Trusts Stadium, Auckland
Saturday 24th September - Convention Centre, Brisbane
Monday 26th September - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Thursday 29th September - Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Friday 30th September - Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Sunday 2nd October- Challenge Stadium, Perth
Tickets for the new shows go on sale September 9th.

With perfect timing (ie minutes after I last updated) here is the official statement about Orianthi joining the band:

Guitarist Orianthi to Join Alice Cooper on No More Mr. Nice Guy World Tour

Alice Cooper announced today that eminent guitar prodigy Orianthi will join his band, replacing departing guitarist Damon Johnson, for the next leg of his 2011 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" world tour starting September 22, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. Currently in progress, the tour hits ninety plus cities, covering five continents, including Europe and North America twice over.

At the young age of 26, Orianthi has already experienced what most aspiring musicians only dream of. She's opened for her hero, Steve Vai; backed Carrie Underwood; traded solos with Carlos Santana; shared the stage with the King of Pop (Michael Jackson) and accompanied Alice during his live performance of "School's Out" on the 2010 season finale of American Idol.

"It's very difficult to find someone to match the talents of Damon Johnson," commented Cooper, "but not only did we find someone who is more than up to the challenge…she also looks WAY better."

Orianthi will join world-renowned guitarist Steve Hunter (toured and recorded with Cooper and Lou Reed) and Tommy Henriksen (co-wrote and played on Cooper's upcoming release); drummer Glen Sobel and Alice's longtime bassist Chuck Garric round out the band.

"I'm super excited to go on tour with Alice," said Orianthi. "It's a huge honor to be able to get on stage and jam with an icon."

Orianthi will debut with the band for a performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Friday September 9, 2011 on NBC. 

In addition to the worldwide "No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour," Cooper is busy promoting Welcome 2 My Nightmare (the long-awaited sequel to his 1975 classic album "Welcome to My Nightmare"). The new album will be released worldwide on September 13, 2011 through Universal Music Enterprises and through Sony Music in Australia & New Zealand.

Alice Cooper will be appearing on the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on September 9th.

While it's still not really official, it's seems that the rumours the other day are correct and Orianthi will be the new Alice Cooper guitarist. When asked on her facebook page she responded "Thanks, It'll be a blast!!" The official announcement is expected soon.

Scoop have an article about Alice's upcoming show at in Auckland next month. Openners will be 'Head Like A Hole' and 'Syndicate'. Gimme have a competition to win Meet And Greet tickets  for one of the Down Under shows.

Fox10 have a video interview with Alice. HLN in Belgium also have a short video interview.

WFMU review the Morristown show with photos.

Art On Air have posted a long Neal Smith interview from 2006 on their site which you can listen to now.

The Lockport Union-Sun has a shot article with Alice and Damon golfing in Lockport, NY.

While currently unconfirmed, according to Brave Words' Mitch Lafon Damon Johnson's replacement will be Orianthi Panagaris, most famous for working with Michael Jackson before his death. Alice fans may be familiar with her from her guest appearance with Coop playing 'School's Out' on 'American Idol'. Whether this is a permanent replacement or, as has been suggested, it is only for the remainder of this tour, is also unknown. Orianthi is currently in Nashville recording.
More info *if* and when this is confirmed.

It is looking increasingly likely that  Damon Johnson has left the Alice Cooper band, playing his final show last night. There have been rumours he would be leaving for some weeks but last night Damon tweeted "The legendary Pine Knob amphitheater in Detroit tonight. My last show with Alice. Gonna be grand!" He followed this after the show with "I love you, Alice Cooper. And Chuck, Tommy, Steve, and Glen. And Keri, Jimmy, Eric, Ryan, and Tommy C. With all my heart."
It's well known Damon is reactivating his band Brother Cane next year and there are also rumours he will be joining his all time favourite band Thin Lizzy, but in recent interviews Damon has been avoiding direct questions on his future with Alice.
When asked by Brave Words recently about his future with Alice he replied "If I could run my own business and have some success with that; I just think that’s everyone’s goal in life. It’s to work for yourself and your friends. I’ve been working with my friends in the Alice Cooper band for five of the last seven years, but at the end of the day it’s Alice’s vision, his career, and his show. I’ve had so much fun doing that, but Alice is fully aware of my abilities and skills as a songwriter and a singer in my own right. I just have that itch now and I want to give it a shot.”
If true (and it certainly seems that way) then I'm sure we all wish him every success with whatever he chooses to do in the future. He will be solely missed by everyone who had the pleasure of seeing or meeting him at shows. Naturally STUK will continue to bring you news about anything Damon is involved in.

In other news MassLive have posted photos and a review from the Northampton show. The Buffalo show is reviewed by Buffalo News and Buffalo Rising.

According to Blabbermouth Alice Cooper will be the guest on US radio show Rockline on September 7th.

Best Buy in the USA now have their own version of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' which features four bonus tracks including 'Poison (Live From Download)' which was previously exclusive to the Classic Rock Fan Pack. AC.com have now posted a guide to the various formats the album will be available in. It now seems to be due as early as September 12th according to AmazonUK.

Ultimate Classic Rock chat with Alice about the new album.

I should preface this news item by saying that, to be honest, when I first saw it I hadn't a clue what it was all about, and nor had anyone I asked! But thanks to some helpful forum members who are probably much younger then I am it's now a little clearer.
Sony have announced that following a scheduled maintenance today of their 'Playstation Home', players will be be greeted by "a horde of unwelcomed zombies shuffling about. The AAA store gets Alice Cooper and his album 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare'."
What this apparently means in English is that 'Playstation Home', an online virtual world where players can make homes and avatars and decorate them with things bought from a store,  will now feature "a whole host of incredible new items stamped with  own unique and darkly warped twist including mind-blowing stage props and one-of-a-kind outfits from his latest tour." They even have a picture of a 'virtual Alice' outside their virtual store!
So if you have a Playstation make sure you go and check it out!

Universal Music are now taking pre-orders for the 'I'll Bite Your Face Off' 7" picture disc and the double blood red vinyl version of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', both of which are due to ship 13th September.

Dick Wagner is now thankfully home safe after his recent surgery and has been posting regularly on his Facebook Group.

Damon Johnson has added a second solo show on Sunday, September 11th at Birmingham, AL 'Sweet Bones Alabama' club.

In more normal news Detroit News has an interview with Alice promoting the Clarkson show on Saturday and you can also win tickets for the show, or the show the previous evening at the same venue by Ke$ha who, of course, guest stars on the new album! Military personnel also have the chance to get free tickets for the show as part of a local 'Seats For Soldiers' program.

Projo.com interviews Blue Coupe who play at the Roots Cafe in Providence on Saturday.

Serge at CFOU radio is again supporting the extended Cooper family with a Rick Tedesco special on August 29th at 8pm (ET) marking the rcent release of Ricks' 'A Light In The Attic' album. You can listen online at www.cfou.ca.

Rather surprisingly the 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' Radio Special airing in September that I mentioned a few hours ago is now online at UltimateClassicRock. Amongst lots of old and new songs Alice talks about the album and his career to date. Spoiler Warning: If you do NOT want to hear the new material until the album is released you probably won't want to listen to this as it includes even more songs in full!

Billboard has a new interview with Alice in which he takes about the album, tour and the next show. The Morning Sun also has an interview which is duplicated at the Royal Oak Daily Tribune.

According to Top22 KLOSs' Gary Moore will be hosting a 52 minute 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' radio special which will air in the USA starting around September 5th (Labor Day weekend in the States). The show features Alice talking about why he made the album, the Alice character, the special guests on the album and more.

iTunes is now listing the 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album with new, longer samples of each track including the exclusive 'Bad Situation'.

The Scranton Times-Tribune reviews the Scranton show.

Alice appears briefly in the trailer to a new movie about 80s band Quiet Riot called 'Well now you're here there's no way back'.

In band news, guitarist Tommy Henriksen seems to be feeling a little forgotten, that he gets "no respect!!!". Having been left off the "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" press release just adds insult to injury. Tommy has co-written and played all over the new album and rips it up on stage every night for your (and his) enjoyment as do all the guys, so make sure you give him a shout if you see him out on the road and let him know we appricate him. .

Goldmine magazine have an article online highlighting the bands induction into the 'Hall Of Fame' with words form the band.

Gig Scene is a new subscription site that "intends to become the online home of long-form music videos and concerts, with a model far more beneficial to musicians and artists than the likes of Spotify, Youtube, etc.". From Saturday August 27th they will be streaming the 'Live At Montreux 2005' DVD if you wish don't already have it and wish to check it out.

Some older visitors may remember the great band 'Sadness Killed The Superman' who backed Michael Bruce on the UK shows a few years back. Well Jason has emailed me to say he and guitarist Craig are currently gigging around with a cool Guns 'n' Roses tribute band called 'Guns and Roses' and they feature 'The Garden' in their show including the Alice Cooper parts. These guys are great musicians so check them out if you get the chance.

Alice turned up on Fox News yesterday and you can watch the interview now at video.foxnews.com.

The Examiner in New York has a review of the Bergen show.

NME has a few words from Alice about the Rolling Stones influence on 'I'll Bite Your Face Off' which I think are taken from a previously posted interview.

Planet Rock have just posted the world premier of the new video to 'I'll Bite Your Face Off' which you can watch now at their site. It features footage from live shows including Download and the 100 Club show with Johnny Depp. Planet Rock is UK only but the US can see the video at Noisecreep. Everyone else can try here.

The following update was posted Facebook earlier today after his surgery at the weekend: "Dick Wagner made it well through surgery, and he's safe and sound and resting in his room. His surgeon was pleased with the results! He needs quiet the first 24 hours, but we will keep you posted. Thanks for the LOVE. It truly means the world to Dick. More updates tomorrow. xxx"

MLive interviews Alice again today for the Clarkston show.

The new Alice Cooper single featuring "I'll Bite Your Face Off" and "Caffeine" is now available on AmazonUK. The single version of "I'll Bite Your Face Off" is a special edited version of the album version.
According to the UK Daily Mirror there is also a new video for the single which features Johnny Depp. Time will tell if this is true as The Mirror isn't know for it's accuracy.

Alice's appearance on UK show 'Top Gear' is due to premier in the USA tonight on BBC America at 9PM.

GoLackawanna have an interview with Alice.

According to TicketCorner.ch Alice Cooper has added a Swiss show on October 16th in Basel at the St. Jakobshalle. Tickets appear to be on sale now.

Amazon.de have posted short samples from every track featured on the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album.

Solid Rock have announced that this years Xmas Pudding show will take place on the 17th December at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, AZ.

The new issue of Metal Hammer in the UK features a four page retrospective on Alice Cooper including a short "icon" piece by Kiss' Gene Simmons.

According to WYNC Alice will be appearing on the Leonard Lopate Show on Monday 22nd at 12pm local time.

Dick Wagner solo show at the Magic Bag has been rescheduled for November 11th while the Saginaw show on September 17th is on hold. Dick has just posted the following to facebook:
"Greetings, I’m sitting in a hospital room in Scottsdale, awaiting surgery on Sunday. I’ve had to postpone my tour dates till November. The Magic Bag is rebooked for Nov 11. Surgery is for some bleeding in my brain, caused by a fall & banging my head on the edge of my pool. I thought nothing of it, but my doctor ordered a CT scan just in case. He found swelling/slow bleeding that needs to be relieved before I can fly to Michigan. My doctor is Dr Zabramsky, the man who saved Brett Michael’s life. He’s also one of Gabrielle Giffords’ team. I’m in great hands. I’m feeling fine. Don’t worry. I’ll update you next week. We’re rebooking White’s Bar & all dates. My love to you all"
Naturally our best wishes go out to Dick for a speedy recooperation.

In other Dick Wagner news Mitch Lafon recently interviewed the man for BraveWords and chatted about his forthcoming book, the new Coop album and his involvement.

Planet Rock didn't broadcast tonights 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' song premiers' on 'Nights With Alice Cooper' in the UK. They say: "Due to differing release dates between the US and Europe of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', Planet Rock will be broadcasting an album release special on September 10th at 7pm. You will hear more of the album on that programme than you would if you were listening to the one going out tonight in the US. Alice sat down with DR and discussed each of the tracks. It will be worth the wait. But apologies if you were expecting it tonight."

The Examiner has posted photos from the Columbus show on Wednesday.

AmazonUK have posted the cover and short soundclips from the first single to be released from 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare'. The songs are 'I'll Bite Your Face Off' and 'Caffeine'.

Alice will interviewed in the September issue (#307) of horror magazine Fangoria which will also feature a Cooper front cover.

A new show has appeared on oeticket.com in Unterpremstatten near Graz in Austria for October 17th. Tickets appear to be on sale now.

Alice will be talking about and previewing songs, incuding first single  'I'll Bite Your Face Off',  from the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album on tomorrows' 'Nights With Alice Cooper' radio show.

Glen Sobel is interviewed in the latest issue of UK 'Drummer Magazine'. He was also interviewed by Rhythm Magazine in the UK which is a more in depth interview and should be published soon.

Alice will appear on "Whistle Test 40" on 24th August on BBC Radio Two at 22:00 to celebrate the anniversary of "The Old Grey Whistle Test".

Charleston Gazette , Weekender, and Ashbury Park Press have new interviews with Alice. Guitar International has a review and photos from the New Jersey show. WickedLocal review the Foxwoods show. Reading Eagle review their local show. Parsippany Patch have photos from the Morristown show.

Echo has an article on Blue Coupe while The Spec interviews Dennis Dunaway.

Glen Sobel will be conducting a drum clinic on Wednesday August 17 at Columbus Pro Percussion in Columbus, Ohio. The event will take place from 6:30 pm to 8pm and you can meet and chat with Glen in person. Columbus Pro Percussion is located at: 5052 N. High Street, Columbus, OH.

BraveWords have posted the first review of the new 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album which they love!

AC.com has posted pics from the Foxwoods Meet And Greet and also have a competion to win the new 'Back on Black' coloured vinyl reissues of 'Brutal Planet', 'Dragontown' 'Eyes...' and 'Dirty Diamond'. Click here to enter.

Short interviews/articles to check out include Philly.com, The Record, Gibson.com, MLive (Grand Rapids Review), Projo.com, Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh review), MorristownGreen.com (Audio Interview), CentralJersey.com, and the Times-Tribune.

Blue Coupe have now released their second video, for 'Waiting For My Ship', which you can check out on YouTube.

French magazine 'Rock And Folk' have a 6 pages article about the Alice Cooper band this month and a special focus on Dennis Dunaway.

Mick Mashbir has sneaked out a new solo song entitled 'De La Vina' which you can check out at his site or CDBaby.

Revolver Magazine is asking for questions to ask Alice in it's November/December issue.

Utimate Classic Rock catches up with Alice for a few words on the golf course in Ohio as well as a review of the Akron show.

Lots of short chats with Alice appearing over the last couple of days:
The Pittsburgh Tribune has an interview for the Pitsburgh show as does the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Reading Eagle talks to Alice as well for the Reading show. NorthJersey.com talks about the Englewood show. The Norwich Bulletin covers the Foxwoods show. ColumbusAlive have Alice for the LC Pavillion show.

Rolling Stone also has a few words with Alice about the forthcoming album, with a photo of him onstage with Foo Fighters. SeattlePI also has a piece about the new album.

Hellbound has a review of the 'Old School' box set.

The Record has an article about Dennis Dunaway and Blue Coupe promoting their show at the Starlight Club, Waterloo on August 18th.

Rumours have been circulating that the Australian Soundwave festival shows have been cancelled. Alice Cooper has posted the following statement on facebook: "We are seeing the same rumors, though we haven’t heard anything from anyone official. We will reach out and see if there is any truth to this. Either way, I’m told that worst case scenario if the Soundwave shows were to be cancelled, we would likely continue with our own Australian shows and probably fill in other performances in place of the Soundwave shows. That guy deleted his posts about it, so perhaps he was wrong. Will post when we know something."
Since then it appears the festival organisers have confirmed the cancellation with a statement on their website however they do say that there will still be various 'mini-festivals' featuring bands set to play the festivals which will be announced in the next week.

NYDailyNews has a short article/interview running up to the Foxwoods show.

Ross Halfin has posted some of the new promo photos taken for the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album.

InForum has a short interview with Alice ahead of the Moorhead show. Wicked Local also has an interview promoing the Foxwoods show, while The Republic has one for Akron.

UK band 'The Treatment' have been added to the bill for Alice's UK dates in October. They join the previously announced 'New York Dolls' on most dates.

You can now see the final cover of the Classic Rock Fan Pack on Amazon.

Blue Coupe have posted a teaser trailer for their new video for 'Waiting For My Ship'.

Universal Studios Hollywood have announced that their 2011 'Halloween Horror Nights' event will feature "Alice Cooper inviting guests inside his twisted head. The haunted maze will be based on Cooper’s 1975 concept album “Welcome to My Nightmare” and his new sequel, “Welcome 2 My Nightmare” featuring some of his own crazy creations." Halloween Horror Nights 2011 will debut at Universal Studios Hollywood in California on September 23. Check out the link for a cool promo video.

Night Of The Vinyl Dead are releasing a limited edition vinyl version of 'Dragontown'. The special release will feature "a parchment stickered cover including 2 exclusive luxurious inner sleeves made of a special rough red paper with gold-branded dragons. One sleeve carries the LP in black vinyl while the other houses 4 glossy pin-ups and 1 lyrics sheet."

Lastly STUK is taking a trip Stateside to catch a couple of shows and, as usual, internet access may be limited at times. This means news updates here could be sporadic. As always you can check the forums for news as infomation is likely to turn up there first.

Lots of new info is reported today on Blabbermouth so I'll try and relate the new stuff here. Click the link for the full report and some words from Alice:
'I'll Bite Your Face Off' will be released in the UK as a limited edition 7" picture vinyl on Spetember 12th with an exclusive live version of the track on the b'side, as well as a digital download which will feature album track 'Caffine' as the b'side.
We already know the track list for the UK Classic Rock Fan Pack which features exclusive track 'Under The Bed' and a live version of 'Poison' from the Download festival, but the article reveals that the bonus track on the standard UK edition of the album will be the cover of the Animals' 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', as mentioned by Alice at the 100 Club show.
There will also be a deluxe UK edition of the album with 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', 'No More Mr Nice Guy (Live At Download)' and 'The Black Widow (Live At Download)' as the bonus tracks.
If that isn't all, in the USA Universal will release a 2xLP blood-red vinyl set with another exclusive track 'Flatline'. A deluxe digipack feature exclusive 'Ticket To Hell' plus 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', 'No More Mr Nice Guy (Live At Download)' and 'The Black Widow (Live At Download)'. A standard edition with just 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', and an iTunes exclusive version with yet another exclusive track entitled 'A Bad Situation'.
Co-writers on the various songs include producer Bob Ezrin, Tommy Henriksen, Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Chuck Garric, Ke$ha (on 'What Baby Wants'), Keith Nelson (Buckcherry), Desmond Child, Dick Wagner ('Something To Remember Me By'), and film composer Jeremy Rubolino.
The UK Classic Rock Fan Pack is now available to pre-order on AmazonUK.
As always, more when we get it.

In addition the list of shows for this year now adds two new dates in Asia:
October 5th - Singapore, Malaysia - Marina Bay Sands Grand Theatre
October 7th - Jakata, Indonesia - Venue to be confirmed

Alice's recent appearance on AZCentral, promoting the Rock and Skate event in Mesa, AZ tomorrow, can now be viewed online here. Fox 10 also have a news report.

The Morton Report has an article about the new album which mentions that 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' will be released in the USA through Hip-O Records (part of Universal) on September 13th on CD, Download and Vinyl. This is three days before the Classic Rock Fan Pack in the UK, which in turn was supposed to be a month before the standard release.

The Goppingen show in Germany on October 21st is planned to be slightly special. Titled 'One Louder Nite' they have a warm up Barbeque before the show and will be showing the 'Suck' movie as well as decorating the venue for Halloween. There will also be a after show party.

According to Haute Living Alice, Sheryl and Dash spent a short break in Las Vegas last week and have photos.

Blue Coupe will be playing a special show at Rhino's Union Bar in West Seneca, NY on August 21st and original Billion Dollar Babies band guitarist Mike Marconi will be jumping up to join them.

Dennis Dunaways' famous original Fender Jazz Bass has been copied for a limited replica edition by Fender Custom Shop. The new guitar has been recreated in exacting detail by master guitar builder Paul Waller and each one comes with a signed certificate from Dennis. You can see the advert for it here. The instruments are available to order through authorised Fender retailers.
Rotosound also have a short story on their endorsee Dennis, and how he discovered their strings.

Headbanger.ru have a new interview with Keri Kelli.
(Thanks Marijke)

According to the East Valley Tribune Alice will make an appearance at the 'Alice Cooper's Solid Rock "School's Out For Summer Rock and Skate"' 6-10 p.m. July 31st at Mesa's Skateland, 7 E. Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ. It appears to be the chance to skate while listening to local bands, all for a good cause.

ABC Entertainment has Alice list his top five songs in a short interview. This appears to be taken from the 'Nightline' programme which unfortunatly seems to have been 'bumped' from the show on the 22nd due to the unfolding news from Norway that day. Hopefully it will air soon.

Rick Tedesco's 'A Light From The Attic' is now available from both iTunes and CDBaby.

You can check out an interview with Blue Oyster Cult, Blue Coupe and BDS's Joe Bouchard in three parts, the first of which is here, the second here, with the third still to come.

Alice will be on ABC's "Nightline" tonight at 11:35pm ET.

According to MusicFeeds in Australia a 3 x 4 metre billboard advertising the forthcoming Alice show at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney has been stolen. According to a venue representative "the 3 x 4 metre billboard had been untied from the framework and stolen, with no traces of how. Scaling the awning and ascending somehow to the billboard framework, several metres above the awning, the stealth mission was no mean feat. It is also clear that this was no blow away Alice; as the billboard on the other side of the framework remained completely intact."
Promotor Chugg Entertainment are offering two tickets to the show to anyone who has any information on the theft.

Dick Wagner has announced a second show following his September 9th appearance at The Magic Bag. This one will take place at White's Bar, Saginaw, MI on September 17th.

Classic Rock have posted a track listing for the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album which is as follows:

01. I Am Made Of You
02. Caffeine
03. The Nightmare Returns
04. A Runaway Train
05. Last Man On Earth
06. The Congregation
07. I'll Bite Your Face Off
08. Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever
09. Ghouls Gone Wild
10. Something To Remember Me By
11. When Hell Comes Home
12. What Baby Wants
13. I Gotta Get Outta Here
14. The Underture

'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' features the original Nightmare guitar team of Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner, and the original band (Neal, Dennis, and Michael) appearing on 'When Hell Comes Home'.

The Classic Rock fan pack (on sale September 16th) features two bonus tracks 'Under The Bed' (which also features the original band), and a live version of 'Poison' recorded at the recent Download Festival. Additionally people who pre-order the fan pack from Future Publishing will get their name added to a limited edition poster in addition to the normal fan pack which also includes a giant poster, a facepaint set, a metal pin badge, a face mask and a 132-page magazine.

In other news Blue Coupe will be playing a charity show called 'The Dio Tribute/Cancer Benefit/Big Jim's Birthday Bash 2011' on July 22nd at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT.

Dick Wagner returns to the stage after his recent medical problems with a show at The Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI on the 9th of September. The show will feature songs from throughout Dick's career from the 60s to today.

Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt has been saying some nice things about Alice recently in the run up to the bands new album and you can see an interview with him talking about the original band albums here.

According to EuropaPress in Spain Alice will be spending August 31st to September 4th in Figueras, Spain, home of the Salvador Dali museum, where he will speak about Dali and other artists during the 'Festival Acustica de Figueres'. "The highlight is the festival's own production of the show 'Canta Salvador Dali' where a dozen artists give voice to the texts of the painter".
UPDATE: Turns out this story is not correct. Alice has recorded something for the event but will NOT be there in person.

Alice appears in this months 'Uncut' and 'Metal Hammer' magazines in the UK.

FVN.no have a short review and photos from the Norway Rock Festival.

The Halesowen News has an interview with Alice here.

FVN.no has a long article with photos and a chat with Alice, in Norwegian.
(Thanks Jim)

Alice will apparently appear in the August issue of Record Collector magazine which goes on sale this week.

SVD in Sweden has a review of the Lund show, in Swedish.

Kerrang this week features a review of the 100 Club show with photos, plus a couple of other comments from Alice here and there.

A little more info about the forthcoming Rick Tedesco album 'A Light In The Attic'. Says Rick: "Dennis played on 'Fireball' and 'Bottomless Well' ... co-wrote 'Bottomless Well' and wrote 'Fireball' ... the track 'Church of Sinners' was a DDP track as well but his bass track wasn't recorded well (my bad) so I re-did it sticking pretty close to his original track. 'See You In Hell' was originally written for DDP but we never worked it out."
Rick will be on I95 Wednesday morning (13th)  at 9:15 am to promote  the record and you can listen in at http://www.i95rock.com/

Calico Cooper stars in new movie '30 Proof Coil', You can check out more info and the trailer here (over 18s).

According to various sites Alice Cooper will be playing at the Planet.tt Bank Austria Halle Gasometer in Vienna on October 18th. Tickets appear to be available now.

Alice Cooper will be playing in Auckland, New Zealand on September 22nd at the Trusts Stadium. This is now listed on Alicecooper.com. Pollstar are listing the show as being in Wellington, New Zealand at the WestpacTrust Stadium, but this is incorrect.

Dennis Dunaway Project guitarist/songwriter and all around talented guy Rick Tedesco will be releasing a new solo album on July 22nd via CDBaby and iTunes. Entitled 'A Light In The Attic' Rick says of the album:  "I picked up where DDP left off with "Bones" [..From The Yard" - The DDP album, highly recommended if you haven't got it] and all the boys from DDP are on it with some co-writes with Dennis and a Dennis original, as well as long time friend Ian Hunter and other guest musicians. It was a great time in the making."
You can check out a tracklisting and order direct from Rick at Guitarhanger (Rick's Guitar shop/studio).

AC.com have announced two more Australian shows, tickets for which go on sale today through them. They are:
September 26th - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
September 29th - Palais Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne

From Alice Cooper's Facebook:
"Guitarist Tommy Henriksen got a little too close to Alice during Schools Out tonight , taking Alice's sword right in the ribs. Luckily his leather vest kept the blade from going too deep, he was able to finish the set and afterwards we stitched him up. Hey, you join this tour and you're bound to get stitches! Off to Sweden tonight!"

There are yet more guest appearances to report today. Firstly the one and only Ryan Roxie joined his old boss at the Stockholm show on Monday for 'School's Out'. Video can be seen here. Then last night Alice himself joined popstar Ke$ha on stage in Oslo, Norway, also for 'School's Out'. Video of this can be seen here (possibly not 'safe for work').

Check out Aftonbladet fore a review of the Swedish show, in Swedish of course.

Spinner have an article about Alice's Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) story which appeared in a recent interview, with some interesting extra info in the form of confirmation from Wilson, in his autobiography, that it happen.

Guitar Aficionado Vol. 3 / No. 4 (July / August issue) have an article about the Fender Custom Shop with a picture of their master builder, Paul Waller, getting specs from Dennis Dunaway's original bass.

Traveling back in a time a little but Nieuwsblad have posted some photos from last years Lokeren show which are worth checking out.

Music Week have published an article about the forthcoming iPad version of the Classic Rock Pack. "The iPad release will feature a video introduction by Cooper and footage shot at his at his first small club gig for more than 40 years at the 100 Club gig last week, where he was joined by Johnny Depp on guitar for I’m Eighteen, School’s Out and Another Brick In The Wall (another Ezrin-produced number). Cooper performed his own classics alongside tributes to British artists like The Yardbirds, The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Elton John and The Kinks."

The Sun reported that Alice was expected to guest with the Foo Fighters in Milton Keynes this weekend. It happened, they played 'School's Out' and 'I'm Eighteen', and you can currently footage on YouTube courtesy of AC.com.

Metal Hammer have footage from the freak Auditions in Hyde Park.

Alice appeared on entertainment show 'Lee Mack's All Star Cast, a clip of which can be seen on YouTube. The BBC has also posted some unaired footage from the Top Gear recording.

There's been a few articles about Alice's upcoming appearance in Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' movie, a remake of the old US TV series. The movie is due around May next year.

STV has a short interview with Alice recalling the time he put the sword through his leg.

AC.com has just announced a series of shows in Germany in October and November, all on sale now at AC.com. They are:
October 20th - Chemnitz, Stadthalle
October 21st - Goppingen, EWS Arena
October 22nd - Mannheim, Rosengarten
November 12th - Bremen, Pier II
November 13th - Mulheim, Mulheim An Der Ruhr RWE Arena
November 14th - Berlin, Columbiahalle

Chuck Garric, Damon Johnson, Tommy Henricksen and Glen Sobel (with special guests) will be performing tomorrow at the Peace And Love festival in Borlange, Sweden under the name "Dirty Diamonds".

The Evening Standard has a report on the freak auditions with some pics.

Aftonbladet in Sweden has a video of the auditions as well as a short report on the 100 Club.
(Thanks Alexander)

AOL have an article that suggests that a London Halloween show may become an annual event!

Ken Bloor has posted his photos from the 100 Club at LastOfTheTeenageIdols.com.

It appears that Alice's appearance at the Madrid Sonisphere festival has been canceled.

The Guardian have posted a short review of the 100 Club show.

3News in New Zealand have a new video from the freak auditions.

Alice held a press conference Monday and before he arrived to take questions they played three songs from the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album. The songs were 'I'll Bite Your Face Off', which is part of the current tour setlist, 'Something To Remember Me By' and 'Caffeine'.

The world is still reporting on the 100 Club show but a few more things have started appearing about the freak auditions. ITN News aired a report with some footage, and the Telegraph has similar footage.

The BBC have posted a short clip, filmed at the freak auditions, of Alice talking about Johnny Depp appearing at the 100 Club.

The Times have a review of the show in today's printed edition, while The Sun also has a piece in their printed edition.

The Daily Mail have a report from the freak auditions with photos.

The Washington Post, and Clash Music have the first reports we've seen from today's Freak Auditions in Hyde Park. Apparently the event was won by 'Girls Roc' who will join the band on stage at the Alexandra Palace show in October.

Pretty much every news source in the world seem to have picked up on Johnny Depp's appearance last night. Most obviously just repeating the same info we have already seen so no point listing them all (even if I could!).

Classic Rock have posted a short video of Alice talking about his favorite record.

Nights With Alice Cooper have posted audio of Bob Ezrin recalling the time he first met the original band.

MadMovies have posted footage from a press conference in France.

As everyone probably knows by now the band completely destroyed the 100 Club last night with a mixture of AC classics and British invasion covers that created the greatest rock and roll party London has seen in a long time. Actor Johnny Depp arrived on stage for 'I'm Eighteen' and 'School's Out' after AC.com posted teaser photos on facebook.  A great surprise but the real stars were Alice and the band who rocked like there was no tomorrow.
There's are plenty of personal reviews starting to appear in the forums and our own photos are up in the photo section if you want to check them out. There's already some press appearing as well with The Sun,  The Guardian, Entertainment Focus NME, and OnTheRedCarpet running features with some pics. More is sure to follow especially with the freak auditions today in London's Hyde Park.

Alice was also on 'Top Gear' yesterday. It's up on BBC iplayer but for those outside the UK it's also up on YouTube if you search (the original copy I linked to as been removed but there's likely to be others appearing).

According to Live Nation in Italy, Alice Cooper will be playing the following shows in October:
12th October - Rome, Atlantico
13th October - Padova, Gran Teatro Geox
14th October - Trezzo Sull'adda (MI) Live Club

There's more Alice on TV/Radio in the UK coming up. After 'Top Gear' tomorrow night we now have:
July 2nd - BBC 6 Music on the Nemone Show at 7pm
July 2nd - BBC 1 on 'Lee Mack's All Star Cast' at 9.50pm
plus BBC 6 Music will also rebroadcast 'Masters Of Rock' at 3am on Wednesday 29th June, which features Alice.

Damon Johnson has lined up a couple of solo shows during a break in the current tour. You can catch him on July 22nd in Sardis City, Alabama at Reliving The Memories, and then on August 2nd in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Dinner Theater.

According at an announcement on Facebook the band has been rehearsing a few surprise covers for the 100 Club show on Sunday!

Our friend Serge on Canada's CFOU is celebrating  his 400th show on Monday. He sends through some info: "It's time for celebration... I'll celebrate my 400th radio show on June 27th at 8:00 pm (E. T.). During my show, you'll be listening a large spectrum of rock music, some excerpts from past interviews (including some members of the Dunaway family) and two live songs from Blue Coupe (never broadcast before). Please join me on www.cfou.ca on June 27th at 8:00 pm. P.S.: French narration but English music & interviews".

According to the venue website Alice Cooper will be playing in Zoetermeer, Netherlands on October 23rd at the Silverdome.

Alice Cooper will be the "star in a reasonably priced car' in the first episode of the new season of the BBC's 'Top Gear' programme on Sunday 26th June at 8pm on BBC2. With this being one of the BBC's most viewed shows, and with Alice's love of cars, this should be a good one.

Also on the BBC, Legendary concert promotor Harvey Goldsmith appeared on BBC's 'Hard Talk' and spoke about Alice and his snake arriving in Glasgow back in the early days.

The Guardian have posted an interview with Alice, looking back at his career in short "soundbites".

According to this article in Music Week, the forthcoming iPad version of the Classic Rock 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' fan pack will also feature "video footage recorded at the Download festival, interactive elements and other additional content".

Alive-Erfurt have posted some photos from the June 17th show in Germany.

It appears Alice will be featured in BOTH the Sky Arts programmes from the Download festival, due to air next month. Sickthing Ken has posted his photos from the show at LastOfTheTeenageIdols.com, while Bill Crowe has posted his shots over at AliceCooperPics.

Just a few small things today to bring to your attention.
Sky Arts Channel in the UK has announced they will be showing extended highlights from the Download Festival at 10pm on the 9th and 10th of July on Sky Arts 1 HD in the UK. Whether this will include Alice it doesn't say as yet.

Mapex Drums has an interview with current Alice drummer Glen Sobel up on YouTube recorded on the current stage set.

RockAAA have posted extended footage from Alice's press conference at Download, also on YouTube.

The Classic Rock Magazine special edition of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' will be released on September 16th and is available to Pre-Order now direct from them. This will be out one month before the official release of the standard edition of the album.

Reuters have posted a video from the Kerrang awards which includes a few words with Alice.

Planet Rock have a competition all this week for the chance to win a copy of the new box set (which began arriving with fans today) and other Alice related prizes.

Dutch magazine Lust For Life have a 6 page Alice Cooper article in this months issue.
(Thanks Jo)

AC.com now has tickets and VIP packages up for all the October UK shows.

iConcert has posted video and photos from last nights show in Romania.

Chuck Garric will be playing golf at the Davey Nelson Celebrity Tournament on Monday July 25th.

Keri Kelli is performing two guitar clinics in Norway next week. They are:
Friday June 17th - Backstage Musikk AS, Jessheim Storsenter, Ringveien 4, 2050 Jessheim
Saturday June 18th - Backstage Musikk AS, Sandvika Storsenter, Brodtkorbsgate 7, 1338 Sandvika
He's also offering more 'one on one' guitar lessons while he's there. 
Contact merch@kerikelli.com for all the info.

Ticketmaster are now listing an extra London Alice Cooper show at the legendary 100 Club in Oxford Street on June 26th with tickets going on sale this Friday. However subscribers to the 02 phone network could buy two tickets for this show this morning and Live Nation also made them available.
Says Alice: “It’s been a while since we played such an intimate venue, but strip away the theatrics and we are a pedal-to-the-metal rock band, born in clubs like the 100 Club.  We play every show like that anyway and it will be fantastic to reconnect in that atmosphere. This show comes with a health warning ‘We don’t do acoustic, this will be loud’.”

Acording to Novinite the June 21st Sonisphere show in Bulgaria has been canceled. "Due to reasons not in the control of Balkan Entertainment and after instructions of the owner of the license of the Sonisphere Festival in Bulgaria, we announce that the festival is cancelled," reads the statement of organizers."

Alice was back in London last night to present the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards at the Indig02. Amusingly in a reversal of the current trend, Alice presented Rob Zombie with an award for 'Golden God'.

The Daily Star has another article/video this time about Halloween.

The Independent has an interesting article about the Classic Rock 'Fan Packs' highlighting the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' release.

RockAAA.com had a few words with Alice at Download. According to Alice the new album 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare" will be released in a Classic Rock Magazine 'Halloween Survival Pack' which would likely be similar to the recent Slash, Whitesnake and Motorhead releases by Classic Rock which included the album in a book sleeve, a full magazine and other odds and ends.
According to AC.com the album will be released in September while Atmostfear have the following info:
"'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' features some other familiar faces from ooper's past. The original Nightmare tandem of Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner played on the album, while Vince Gill plays on a track called 'Runaway Train'. And surviving Cooper band members Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith reunited on the track 'When Hell Comes Home'.
'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', meanwhile, will have plenty of similarities to its predecessor. "There are certain songs where we let some of the themes from (the original) 'Nightmare' slip in," Cooper tells Billboard. "All of a sudden you'll hear the little piano part from 'Steven' or from 'The Awakening.' I wanted (the albums) to be married together. I think we even make reference to a couple of characters from the original (album)."

Virtual Festivals have a short review of Download.

Download have posted an interview video from the festival site on YouTube. By all accounts Alice blew the place apart last night with a longer set then the Irish shows which included 'Halo Of Flies' and 'Hey Stoopid' which were cut from the shorter sets. Rock Industry has some photos up already.

Dick Wagner posted the following on his Facebook site regarding the forthcoming album:
"Played my first recording session since my heart attack this week-Alice Cooper's "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" - that's me & orchestra on "Underture." My song "Something to Remember Me By" is also on Alice's new album. I think its a hit. That would be a comeback blessing. Thks for the friendship & encouragement. Been a rough 4 yrs. You've all played an important part in my "comeback" to life & music. Love you, my friends."

Rocker Paris has a review and photos from the Paris show.

Lots of small mentions of Alice in the UK press as usual since he was in London. STV has quotes from Alice about 'X-Factor'. The Express has a few quotes. The Winnipeg Free Press also has a few words and The Star has a video interview with Alice. Bee Hive City has an articale about Kerrang awards.

The BBC have a short video report from the Kerrang awards last night here. There's a piece and photo in tonights London Evening Standard as well, but most strange is a report from the awards by Heat magazine, which is so obviously made up. We all know Alice simply wouldn't say that, and the pic is from the Hall Of Fame show.

Alexandra Palace now has a feature on the London Halloween show. As with last year there will be "freak" auditions held in Hyde Park on June 27th. Quote: "Auditions are June 27th in London’s Hyde park. Just like last year, go to alicecooper.com to submit audition tapes by June 22nd. Audition show producers Wake Up Productions will choose the line up and 3 acts will be picked by Alice and a panel of judges on the night to perform on stage October 29th at Alexandra Palace. There, the audience will decide the winner."

The Express and Star has an article about the Birmingham show.

Support for the UK shows comes from the New York Dolls.

As previously mentioned Alice and the band were at the Kerrang awards last night where Alice recieved the "Kerrang Icon" award. Video has been posted to the Official Alice Cooper YouTube page while there is press coverage in the the Daily Star, Belfast Telegram, and Burnley Citizen.

Peter Neill has posted some photos from the Belfast show which you can check out here.

It appears 'Brutal Planet' is being released on vinyl in Europe in a cool straight jacket sleeve from HR records and is available for pre-order.

According to a poster that is up at the Download Festival, Alice Cooper will be playing the following UK shows in October with tickets going on sale June 17th.
Oct 25th  - Sheffield City Hall
Oct 26th - Bristol Colston Hall
Oct 27th - Birmingham NIA
Oct 29th - London Alexandra Palace
Oct 30th - Manchester 02 Apollo
Oct 31st  - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium

ConcertLive is offering live CD's from upcoming shows. Whether more shows will be added isn't know as yet but you can pre-order two shows on CD now.

The Daily Mirror has an interview with Alice today, based around the old Elvis story. It also mentions Alice will be receiving the Kerrang Icon award this Thursday (9th) in London, but of most interest is the last line of the article which states "Alice Cooper’s Halloween Night Of Fear tour hits the UK October 25-31". No other info has been released and this is of course unconfirmed at this point.

Look out for the following UK press coverage (all subject to change of course) in the next few days or weeks:
“Do You Remember The First Time?” on BBC 6music (and online)
“The Daily Star” (and online)
“The Sunday Express” 
“Breakfast” BBC1 (and online)
“The “Daily Mirror”
In addition the appearance on "the One Show" yesterday is now available on BBC iPlayer for those who are able to use it (may not be available outside the UK).

Alice is doing some press in the run up to the Download festival next weekend. So far the only one confirmed is an appearance on 'Something For The Weekend' next Sunday on BBC 2 at 10am. There are also rumours he may be on 'The One Show' which runs at 7pm on BBC 1 weeknights but this isn't confirmed yet. More as I get it.
UPDATE: Alice will be on 'The One Show' TONIGHT!

From Alice Coopers assistant KC:
"Ok SickThings... If you see anyone wearing or trying to sell a vest similar to this, it was STOLEN in Porto Alegre, Brazil... Right off of the stage, after soundcheck in the afternoon, by someone with access to the stage. There are only 5 of these vests with embroidered patches on the back, and each is unique. Alice is offering a great reward to the honest person who returns it, no questions asked." Contact assistant@alicecooper.com

AC.com have added a new feature to the 'Old School' box set IF you order it through them. You now get an immediate exclusive MP3 download of the original band's show for the Jagermiester Ice Cold event held last month in Battersea. The show features 'Billion Dollar Babies', 'Elected', 'Eighteen', 'Is It My Body'. 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'School's Out' and 'Under My Wheels' performed by Alice, Neal, Dennis, Michael and Steve Hunter.
They have also added a few samples of tracks from the box set for you to check out.

There's another TV apearance from South America, this time on RedeTV, which you can watch here.

There are also new blog entries on AC.com and Karen Ann Hunter's  blog for you to check out.

The official Alice Cooper YouTube channel has posted this video showing the forthcoming box set being "unpacked" to give you an idea of what everything looks like.

Alice appeared on "Entrevista" while in Brazil and you can watch it here.

"Alice Cooper's Rock Monsters" is the title of a show that will air  11:00pm, 3rd of June on MTV Classic UK. Apparently it will feature Alice introducing various rock videos.

Want to wear what the band wears? Check out Dis Vicious who have some cool shirts available designed by Tommy Henricksen! You can also follow them on Facebook.  

Alice Cooper was interviewed on 'Q' in Canada Monday and you can listen to it at their site.

Keri Kelli has posted the following update on what's going on in his world:
Greetings from beautiful Orange County, CA!!
I want to start by thanking all of you for your undying support, and unprecedented enthusiasm during these 13 years of me touring this great big marble we call Planet Earth! All of you have been generous & mightier than ever… I appreciate it a million times over!

Here’s what’s happening in the coming months.
June 17th & 18th I will be in Oslo, Norway doing guitar clinics at
'Backstage Music'. The clinics will both begin at 6PM and run about an hour. If you are in the area, please stop on in for some cool
guitar licks and Q&A sessions. 
June 24th & 25th will bring me to Moscow , Russia & Kaliningrad , Russia respectively; performing with my great friend Chris Holmes (WASP) along with my brothers 'Moscowtown' & Russian Legends 'Pushking'.  I hope to see everyone in the region right there with me!!!

I’ve also been working on some new music/projects with some  friends from the band LIT (Orange County) & Scorpions (Germany), you all will be the first to know what 'develops' with these cool endeavors!
Aces & Ales has been keeping Vegas very lubricated as of late with some great events hosted in conjunction with Stone Brewery, Lagunitas Brewery and Sierra Nevada Brewing. I want to thank everyone for coming out and supporting 'AA' and Great Craft Beer in America. AA is Vegas' Premier craft beer bar also offering a chef driven menu, full bar, 22 draft beers, 50+ bottled beers, 15 video poker machines as well as fourteen giant Flat-Screens displaying all your favorite sporting events! Please stop on in for a beer, two or three! Click http://www.acesandales.com for more info.

Lastly, again a big thanks to all the fans for the unprecedented enthusiasm & support, you roq!
I’m going to sushi...
Cheers! Keri

Statement from the AC Facebook:
"For the first time in thirty years, Alice was forced to cancel a show tonight due to illness. He was too ill to even leave the hotel here in Santiago, and is very sorry to disappoint the many fans here who have waited so long for this concert. The Doctor is optimistic that he will be well enough for Saturday's show in Buenos Aires. Hopefully, Alice will be able to get back to Chile another time."
"It's nothing more than a nasty bout of food poisoning, not serious but temporarily debilitating as anyone who has had food poisoning will tell you. Thank you Santiago for understanding!"
UPDATE: AC.com has a new blog entry with updated info. Alice is now fine and should be 100% for the next show.

Alice was on Q107 a few days ago and you can see and hear the interview thanks to Brave Words.

Radio station KFIX are auctioning a t-shirt  signed by Alice for the "the Ellis County Big Brothers Big Sisters" charity. All the info can be found on their site.

'Rock The Rapids' have announced that Alice Cooper will be headlining their week long event in Grand Rapids, MI on August 11th. Tickets go on sale June 3rd.

New show reviews can be read at Fangoria and Chart Attack.

Alice Cooper will be back in Norway on July 9th for the Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal according to the festival website. Tickets are already on sale.

New interview today from the Columbus Republic, while the Sudbury Star has photos. The Spec has a video from the Sudbury show.
(Thanks Geoff)

Solid Rock have posted photos from this years Alice Cooper golf tournament here many of which feature Alice.

Ryan Roxie will take part in the '10th Anniversary of the Classic Rock magazine in Russia' concert on May 29th at Music Town in Moscow, performing some Alice Cooper classics with the local tribute band Moscowtown. You can get more info here.
Keri Kelli will be playing Russia again as well this summer. Two dates are confirmed so far: 24th of June (open air bikefest in Maloyaroslavets) and 25th of June (open air fest in Kaliningrad). He'll be playing an Alice Cooper segment with Moscowtown as well as some 'rock classics' jam along with Chris Holmes from (W.A.S.P.).
(Thanks Paul)

The Ottawa Citizen has posted has a show review while The Spec covers Hamilton. The Vancouver Sun has a new interview.

AC.com has posted an obituary to the late Jack Richardson written by Bob Ezrin which you can read here.

Ryan Roxie's Big Rock Show has reached it's season finale. You can catch up with all the shows at BigRockShow.se.

The Sudbury Star reports that Alice is helping local Cambrian Collage to establish a new student scholarship for it's School of Art and Design. local artist Tennille Heinonen has created a custom piece of Alice art which will be signed by Cooper before his Wednesday concert in Sudbury. Reproductions if the artwork can be purchased, with one lucky buyer receiving the original signed by Alice. All the details can be read here.

AC.com have posted a new "blog from the road" by Alice's assistant "KC". Read about the run up to the new tour and the new show.

A new interview today comes in two forms, appearing in both the Guelph Mercury and The Record.

MusikUniverse has a review of the Quebec show (in French) along with photos.

Yesterday brought the sad news that legendary producer Jack Richardson passed away on Friday.  He had been in frail health and died at University Hospital on Friday night. He was 81. Richardson was the head of Nimbus 9 Productions in Toronto in the early days of Alice Cooper, and he was the person who sent Bob Ezrin to check out the young band. A meeting that was to change the lives of all concerned. You can read more about the huge influence Richardson had during his career in the obituaries at the London Free Press and the Toronto Sun.

Also the Toledo Blade has an interview with Alice.

A couple of new interviews have been posted ahead of the Canadaian shows at the Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen.

The new tour got underway Thursday in Elizabeth, IN with a revamped show and setlist includng a few surprises, the big one being new song "I'll Bite Your Face Off" which appeared midset. Plenty of spoilers available in the forums if you want to know setlists etc. The new line-up looked and sounded great by all accounts.

Dangerous Guitar have posted a songwriting interview/lesson with Damon Johnson over at YouTube.

Last nights Jagermeister event in Battersea, London was a blast. While the much talked about 4D element may have not quite lived up to the hype the event as a whole was immense fun, as was the free bar! The band "appeared" incased in ice on the custom 4D stage, bursting out one by one to perform 'Eighteen', 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'Under My Wheels', 'Is It My Body', 'Billion Dollar Babies', 'Elected' and 'School's Out' to the gathered fans with various smoke and lighting effects culminating in a rain of confetti and streamers shooting over the audience. All through the night a large airbrushed mural was created behind one of the bars showing the original band, while Jager-girls circulated with free shots and images and movies were projected onto the walls of the iconic powerstation building. All in all a well organised and fun event.
Some press reports and photos have started to appear such as FlushTheFashion's article here, and photos of the mural being created here. The Drinks Business also had an article yesterday with a little background on the event. More coverage will surely follow.

In other news, the new 'No More Mr Nice Guy' tour starts tonight in Indiana and the Courier-Journal has an article including a USAToday interview clip. Jam Music has an interview with Alice after yesterdays Australian shows announcement.

Alice has been announced as playing the "Soundwave Revolution" tour in Australia with Van Halen and a host of other bands. The dates are as follows:
24th September - Brisbane
25th September - Sydney
30th September - Melbourne
1st October - Adalaide
3rd October - Perth
Tickets are on sale June 2.
(Thanks Noods)

According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Alice Cooper will be playing the Stage AE on the North Shore in Pittsburgh on August 12th. Tickets are $30 and go on sale Saturday.
Also Ticketmaster has Akron, Ohio at the Akron Civic Theatre on August 9th and Columbus, Ohio at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion on August 17th.
(Thanks Remarkably Insincere)

AC.com has announced Alice Cooper will be playing in Bucharest, Romania on June 14th and they are offering a special pre-sale untill May 11th giving you 15% off ticket prices. Check it out here.

Two new Damon Johnson audio interviews have appeared. The first is at Metalholic and the second is at IconFetch.

Ryan Roxie will be visiting Greece at the end of the week, appearing at the Greek Alice Cooper Fan Club party at the Rainbow Rock Bar on the 10th to DJ and probably play an acoustic set and then at the Jasmin Rock Club, Athens on May 12th for a guitar clinic.
Don't forget to check out BigRockShow.se weekly to see Roxie's TV show!

Finally for to day we have something a little different. Lindsay Garric, wife of a certain bassist you may know, is writing a blog for OnMilwaukee.com covering make up, fitness and all sorts of other stuff. She also runs the FabYouGlam "Mobile Makeup and Body Design Team bringing Hollywood Glamour to You!" So you know who to call for that next big night out! And just to cover all bases she also has a twitter feed!

JagermeisterUK and the Alice Cooper Facebook page have posted a short video shoing "backstage" footage of the upcoming 4D hologram show in Battersea which you can watch below:

Alice was interviewed on Today FM in Ireland at the end of last week and you can hear it now at their website. Go down to the bottom and listen to "KC" part one. Alice appears around 37 mins into the show.
(Thanks Sarah)

'For Bass Players Only' has a great new interview with Dennis Dunaway which you can check out here.
You can also check out and interview with Blue Coupe in France last year over at Radio Larzac.

AC.com has another new show, this time on August 25th in Northampton, MA at the Calvin Theatre. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.

According to InForum Alice Cooper will be playing the Imagine Amphitheater at the Trollwood Performing Arts School in Moorhead, MN on August 7th. Tickets go on sale May 6th.

Kiss Army Argentina have interviewed Chuck Garric and you can read all about it here. If you click the link near the top of the article you can read it in English if you wish.
Chuck is also offering bass lessons again this during the 'No More Mr Nice Guy' tour.
"During your One hour lesson you'll get…. ONE on ONE Bass lesson. Chuck will go over jamming with your own band and how to prepare for auditions. Plus you can learn your favorite Alice Cooper song. Your lesson also includes a Chuck Garric Pick Pack  ( 3 - 4x6 photos and 3 - Guitar Picks) And a personal photo with you and Chuck after your lesson (please bring your own Camera).
You can sign up for your lesson by checking Alice Cooper tour dates or chuckgarric.com and e-mailing Chuck at cgmerch@me.com to sign up for your lesson today."

A series of great photos, taken by legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin, have been posted to facebook showing the recordings for the Jaegermeister 4D show which will happen on May 11th in Battersea, London. Also check out movie star Jack Black dropping in on the boys.

One I missed before. Fox in Phoenix have a short video of Alice at the Golden Gods awards which you can watch here.

The first reports are coming in from last nights "Golden Gods" awards show performance in Los Angeles by the original band with Steve Hunter. The set list was as follows:  'Eighteen', 'Under My Wheels', 'Billion Dollar Babies' and 'School's Out'. Blabbermouth have posted footage from the awards show.

The Sand Mountain Reporter has an interview with Damon Johnson leading up to his solo acoustic show at Jefferson's in Albertville tomorrow night.

According to Biz Journal Alice Cooper will be playing at the Central Wharf in Buffalo, NY on August 26th as part of their 'Buffalo Place Rocks The Harbor' concert series. Tickets go on sale Friday.

According to KRTV Alice Cooper will be performing at the Alberta Bair Theater in Billings, Montana on August 5th. Tickets on sale 29th April.

According to Foxwoods.com they are also playing the Foxwoods Casino in the MGM Grand Theatre on August 13th. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Australian Superfan Steve Maclennan interviewed both Neal Smith and Dennis Dunaway a couple of weeks ago and has kindly let me share these interviews with you all. You can listen to them below.

1. Dennis Dunaway Interview
2. Neal Smith Interview

Lots of reports are appearing about the Jaegermeister show at Battersea but most simply repeat the press release. However the Evening Standard does have a little bit of new infomation about the 4D element of the show.

The Vancouver Sun has a new interview with Bob Ezrin. No real info about his work with Alice but interesting none the less.

New Drummer Glen Sobel will be conducting a "worldwide live streaming drum lesson" on the Drum Central web site tonight at 4pm PST. "Glen will discuss a wide variety of topics, including linear drumming, double bass patterns, playing with a click track, and the many responsibilities a drummer has on tour and in the studio. Viewers will be able to submit their questions live via the Live Chat toolbar. The one-hour lesson will wrap up with a jam between Glen and drum legend/Drum Channel host Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai)."

Jaegermeister announce the ground-breaking exclusive ‘Jaegermeister Ice Cold Event’ taking place on Wednesday 11 May 2011 at  Battersea Power Station, starring legendary rock ‘n’ roll royalty Alice Cooper appearing in 4D.

The ‘Jaegermeister Ice Cold Event’ is set to make history as the UK’s first holographic 4D rock gig and will celebrate the release of the new Alice Cooper Box Set 'Old School: 1964-1974'. Featuring original band members Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Bruce, plus Steve Hunter standing-in for the late Glen Buxton, the ‘Jaegermeister Ice Cold Event’ will be the first time the group has ‘appeared’ together in the UK since 1972. (Please note: This is a multmedia event and the band will not be there in person. The show will feature a specially recorded concert which is then given the 4D holographic treatment for presentation).

“We couldn’t resist this,” says Alice, “Working with Jaegermeister to appear as holograms on the other side of the Atlantic is the ultimate experience, a cutting-edge conjuring trick that celebrates the future and our history. We can’t wait to see the results.”

Recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, June 6th sees the release of the Alice Cooper super deluxe box set - OLD SCHOOL: 1964-1974. To launch this treasure chest, the band will go back to Alice’s holographic roots.

In March 1973, Alice was the subject of the world’s first 3D hologram piece of art, created by the surrealist (and Alice fan) Salvador Dali. An admirer of the band’s shock tactics, Dali immortalised Alice as a hologram, and now the band are taking advantage of cutting edge technology once again, partnering with Jaegermeister for this word exclusive experience.

This innovation is no surprise to Alice fans. Alice Cooper flipped hippie ideals on their head and astonished the world, "driving a stake through the heart of the Love Generation," as the group's namesake put it. Heavy Metal took the imagery, punk took the tunes, rock and pop took the showmanship as fans the world over fell in love with the band’s macabre sense of humor.

Jaegermeister is best enjoyed at sub zero temperatures, making it the perfect ice cold shot drink. As one of the world’s top 10 spirits brands, Jaegermeister has supported the rock music world for years, and as a brand who continue to innovate, Jaegermeister present Alice Cooper in the UK’s largest ever holographic, audience-interactive stage experience. Using the very latest holographic system, V-Depth, the audience will be part of an exclusive, interactive show they will never forget.

The event is being hosted by DJ Zane Lowe, who will play an exclusive DJ set at the event; a live performance from Jaegerband The King Blues; and further sets from XFM DJs Eddy Temple Morris and Ian Camfield, plus astounding visual experiences incorporating Battersea Power Station’s iconic architecture.
There are just 800 exclusive tickets available to the ‘Jaegermeister Ice Cold Event’, which can be won by applying via the new Jaegermeister UK Facebook page.

Three new dates have shown up today, two in the USA and one in Chile. They are:
May 26th - Santiago Chile, Teatro Caupolican
August 16th - Reading, PA Sovereign Center
August 23rd - Scranton, PA, Cultural Center

Blue Coupe (Dennis Dunaway, Albert and Joe Bouchard) will be broadcasting from 'Jamba Juice live from Times Square' at midnight EST on Saturday, April 16 on WRCN. Terrestrial broadcast on 103.9 FM from Long Island NY and on the internet.
The band also appear at the Chiller Theater Expo in Parsippany NJ on April 29th to May 1st, performing on Saturday April 30th.

Episode three of Ryan Roxie's 'Big Rock Show' is now live and features Roxie interviewing Skunk Anansie, with a certain very special guest appearing at the end of the show. Check it out at the BigRockShow.se.

Thanks to Mato for sending in some photos of The Eric Singer Project with Chuck Garric performing in Prague last week. Check them out in the photo section.

According to local sources Alice Cooper has been annoounced as playing the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 28th. Tickets go on sale next Monday an 12am through Ticketek.
(Thanks Juan)

Damon Johnsons' old band Brother Cane will be performing Friday night, April 15 at the Dallas International Guitar Show. Lineup will be Damon Johnson, Scott Collier on drums, Chuck Garric of the Alice Cooper Band on bass, and Zach Myers from Shinedown on guitar. For more info visit www.guitarshow.com. Damon talks to 'The Breakdown Room' about the show.

More info has been released about the forthcoming 'Old School' box set.  5 "golden tickets' will be inserted randomly in the sets to win a special VIP concert experience including a meet and greet with Alice. You can pre-order the limited edition box now at AmazonUK and AmazonUS.

Scots Alice Cooper tribute band Gallus Cooper are searching for a new guitarist. Applicants need to be UK based (presumably Scotland would be a bonus) and familiar with Alice's material obviously. If you are interested you can contact the band though their website or at  galluscooper@hotmail.co.uk.

Blabbermouth have a short story about Alice and Kiss' Tommy Thayer at the recent Kraft Nabisco Golf Championships. Apparently the pair got up with the house band on the eve of the tournament to play a couple of songs. There's some pics up at TommyThayer.com.

According to the venue website Alice Cooper will be playing the Mayo Center for the performing Arts in Morristown, NJ on August 15th. Tickets are already on sale.
(Thanks Paul)

This weeks edition of Ryan Roxie's "Big Rock Show" is now online here, or you can check it out below.

Blabbermouth have posted footage of the Eric Singer Project from both press conference and live in Finland.

Delaware News has an Alice Cooper and the Hall Of Fame.

Golf Week has some photos of Alice at the Kraft Nabisco Championships on Wednesday.

After pop star Lady Gaga posted a photo of herself and Alice on twitter yesterday the UK press seem to have made up text to go with it with the Daily Star deciding it means the pair will appear together at some point during May's Brazil shows. As far as I know this is based on nothing more than this photo. There's also a photo of photo of Robert Patterson and Alice backstage at the Late show appearance.

Ticketmaster are listing a show in Sylvania, OH at the Centennial Terrace on May 21st. Tickets ob sale 2nd April at $26.50 - US $53.00.

Noisecreep have a new short interview with Alice talking about the new album.

Alice Cooper have been announced as playing the Istanbul, Turkey Sonisphere festival on June 19th.  

Sheryl Cooper was honoured by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of their top 25 'Businesswomen in the Valley' at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa on Tuesday night. Honorees were chosen by their peers, colleagues and the Business Journal’s news staff for their professional accomplishments, leadership and community involvement. Alice accompanied his wife to the awards.

Kane Roberts will be returning to live performances and performing at Firefest in Nottingham Rock City on 22nd October backed by 'Talon'.

Three shows in south America have appeared for June. They are:
May 31st - Porto Alegre, Brazil Pepsi On Stage
2nd June - Seo Paulo, Brazil @ Credicard Hall
3rd June - Curitiba, Brazil @ Master Hall
AC.com has VIP tickets coming it seems.

There's also a new US show for 21st August at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ. Appears tickets are on sale now.

The first full episode of Ryan Roxie's 'Big Rock Show is now up and running at http://bigrockshow.se/ so remember to go check out Roxie and guest Zak Wylde.

Karen Ann Hunter (a.k.a. The Deaconness) has posted a few blog reports at her site about husband Steve Hunter's recent AC activities. Make sure you check out her recent album "Empty Spaces" which of course features Steve.

Back home finally so I'll try and catch up on stuff that has happened over the weekend. Appologies if any of this is repeated or anything I miss.

Fuse TV have added a couple more clips from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame events last week including a full version of  the band playing 'School's Out'.  From what I've heard Fuse disapointingly only aired a heavy edited version of the show at the weekend which seems a bit of a wasted opportunity, athough maybe more will be aired at some stage. For an alternative fan filmed clip hilighting the SO Kids from the NYC  Ronald Macdonald home check out this video which included some more of Alice's speech. Rob Zombie's Speech can be seen here. There is also the closing titles from the Fuse show showing Alice singing 'Da Do Ron Ron' and showing the band's thanks listings.

Superfan Paul Brenton and Renne Dunaway held a party Sunday night at the R bar in NYC for Dennis Dunaway. Dennis and Blue Coupe played a couple tunes and all the members from  Dennis' other bands (of recent years) DDP and 5th Avenue Vampires were in attendence. They also aired an uncut version of Rob Zombie's induction speech. Check out videos here and here.
(Thanks Jim)

Alice's solo appearance on the Jay Leno Show featured 'School's Out' with the house band and a surprise appearance by Dweezil Zappa, and there's a short interview clip from the show here. Clips from the 'Hoppus' appearance is also up there here, here and here as well as a show promo.

AC.com have released a short promo advert for the forthcoming Boxset which you can see on YouTube. Also on Youtube check out this interview clip of Alice chatting and putting on his makeup.

And while at youTube check out this clip I don't think I've mentioned which is a Arizona PSU advert from Alice, an advert for the Indiana show and a promo for the forthcoming Alice Cooper Group performance at the Golden Gods awards show in LA.

Alice has commented in the current celebrity trainwreck that is Charlie Sheen over at Digital Spy.

Two Dates have been added to the 2011 tour, this time its in Russia. November the 17th: Saint Petersburg; Oktyabrskiy and November the 19th: Moscow; Crocus City hall
(Thanks Paul)

According to ticketmaster, Alice will be playing Aug 20th at the Bergen Performing Arts Center, Englewood NJ . Tickets go on sale March 21st at 11am.

As mentioned a couple of weeks ago Alice Cooper is listed as a guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on NBC tonight. the full broadcast will be available sometime afterwards on the show website.

Alice and Rob Zombie will also appear on Fuse TV tonight on "Hoppus On Music" at 11pm.

Alice was a guest on the "Joy Behar Show" yesterday and you can see two videos from the show at the show website.

One I missed previously was Alice's appearance on "Wreaker In The Morning" on 104.9 The Eagle Tuesday which you can listen to at Blabbermouth.

The Telegraph (UK) has an article on Alice Cooper and the Hall of Fame.

Alice has donated a signed Fender guitar to the 'Fayetteville Lions Club' to be auctioned on April 2nd at the Fayetteville Church of God activity building.

We've mentioned it before, but the "Big Rock Show with Ryan Roxie" is all ready to debut on March 23rd and now has it's own website at bigrockshow.se! The web show sees our (other) hero interview stars from the rock and roll world weekly and will be distributed by Aftonbladet.se media group (the largest and most well circulated media company in Sweden). Check out the latest promo below featuring Black Label Society and former Ozzy guitarist Zak Wylde.

I will be out of action for the next week or so which means there won't be any minor news updates for a few days (we'll try and get any BIG news up here but can't promise it) so as always when this happens I suggest keeping an eye on the STUK forums for any news updates.

Rolling Stone have posted a post show interview with the band on YouTube.

Zambio has lots of photos from the ceremony some of which appear to be new.

You can now pre-order the forthcoming "Old School 1964-1974 Box Set" set now from both AmazonUK and AmazonUS.

According to 'Rock In Concert' Alice Cooper will be playing the Rock In Concert festival on June 17th in Lichtenfels Waldstadion,Weismain.

Reports are starting to filter in with information about just what happened last night in New York when the Alice Cooper band were finally inducted into the 'Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'.
Rolling Stone confirms Rob Zombie joined the band for 'School's Out' (one of three songs they performed) which also included a "small pack of school children wearing make up like Alice's', and the snake made an appearance. Said Alice: "I hope I never outgrow a Pete Townsend windmill chord," he said. "I hope I never outgrow a Jeff Beck lead guitar. I wish I could tell you that being in the Hall now, we'll never embarrass you, but I really can't make that promise. After all, we are Alice Cooper. It's what we do."
The official Alice Cooper YouTube channel have posted a clip of 'Eighteen'.
Newsday, Reuters, and Getty Images (lots of small pics unless you are a member) have a few photos with I'm sure many more to follow over the course of today.

AC.com have just announced the following amazing new package which is now available for pre-order:

Available June, 2011
"The Old School 1964-1974 Box Set", comes in a commemorative 12 inch square "school desk" box and includes:

4 CDs from the years 1964-1974:
Disc 1: Demos, rarities, live, and advertisements
Disc 2: Demos from "Muscle of Love," a pre-production of songs from "Schools Out,"1973 Madison Square Garden live track, and advertisements.
Disc 3: Spoken word
Disc 4: Live show of the 1971 "Killer" tour in St. Louis
DVD (single disc in Amaray case) with 3 never before seen features (over 2 hours)
64 page, full-color yearbook style book with hard front & back cover:
Period pictures of all band members, many never before seen
Book written by Lonn Friend, a well-known heavy metal journalist
Gatefold folder containing: 2 tour programs, ticket stubs, set list, 5 prints
Bootleg Vinyl: 1971 "Killer" live show in St. Louis
7in Vinyl: Songs "Wonder Whose Lovin' Her Now" & "Lay Down & Die, Goodbye" from The Nazz
* IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD of the "Elected" Music Video (AliceCooper.com Exclusive)- Available as a M4V or MOV download as soon as you complete the pre-order transaction.
You can pre-order the set now from AmazonUK and AmazonUS.

Alice Cooper will be performing at the West Virginia State Fair on August 19th. Tickets go on sale April 8th at 10am.

According to Noje Alice Cooper will be playing Grona Lund in Stockholm on July 4th.

Billboard has a short article about tonights 'Hall Of Fame' induction.

Alice Cooper will be on the 'Joy Behar Show' on March 15th.

Cleveland Plain Dealer has a long article on the Alice Cooper band.

Detroit Free Press has an article on Detroit Music featuring Alice.

MLive, Beat Week, and the Oakland Tribune have interviews with Alice.

The Gadsden Times has an interview with Damon Johnson.

Two short video clips of the Alice Cooper band rehearsing have been released on YouTube. Check them out here. There are also some photos from the rehearsals on the official facebook page.

Fuse TV have posted a couple of clips from the Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie documentaries "Mad Genius" which started to air last night and will be repeated. You can check them out on their YouTube channel here.

Detroit News has an article about the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

Several places have been filing reports about the Tuscon charity show a couple of nights ago where Alice performed 'School's Out' and 'Eighteen' . KOLD and Fox AZ have video with a few words from Alice, M & C has some photos, LA Times, Reuters, AZCentral, mentions.

Alice Cooper has been announced as playing the Bulgarian Sonisphere festival in the National Hippodrome, Bankya on June 21st. Iron Maiden headline.

Also local radio in Michigan is reporting Alice Cooper will be playing the DTE Energy Music Theatre  (Formerly Pine Knob) in Clarkston, MI on 27th August with tickets going on sale March 18th.
(Thanks Marty)

The Arizona Republic has an article/interview with the original band. They also have a great new interview with Sheryl Cooper. On top of that they are also reprinting a 1999 article about Glen Buxton.

Alice Cooper features in the next episode of a half hour documentary show on Fuse channel in the USA entitled "Mad Genius" which will air this Friday March 11th at 10pm. This is followed by an episode on Rob Zombie.

USA Today has a new interview and video with Alice in which he talks about the new 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album and the Hall of Fame induction (which will air on Fuse TV on March 20th).

The Revolver 'Golden Gods' Award show, which will feature a performance by the Original Alice Cooper Band will be aired in VH1 classic on May 28th.

Gibson.com chats with Michael Bruce about his role in the band. W2MN and the Hall of Fame.

MPR News have resurrected and old 2007 Alice interview (audio) which you may not have heard before.

Alice Cooper will be featured in "Rock N' Roll Exposed", a new series about photographer Bob Gruen, beginning 21st March on the Sky Arts 1 HD and Sky Arts 1 channels in the UK.

Dennis Dunaway will be appearing with Blue Coupe buddies Joe and Albert Bouchard along with Tich and Snooky at 'Joe Hurley's 12th Annual Irish Rock Review' which takes place at the Highline Ballroom in NYC on March 12th.
Blue Coupe then play the R Bar in Manhatten on March 17th and will also appear at the annual Chiller Theater Expo in New Jersey at the end of April.

The ultra rare 1970 Alice Cooper appearance on the 'Barry Richards Show' is getting a DVD release in May entitled "The Barry Richards TV Collection Volume 1. Turn-On, Groove In and Rock Out". The bands performance on the show has previously only existed in fan circles in extremely poor quality.

For Alice Cooper's "No More Mr Nice Guy" summer tour, May-August 2011, Alice has announced a revamped band line-up. The tour will kick off in North America May 12-21, then go to South America May 25-June 3, and England & Europe June 7-July 16, before returning to North America again for the month of August. 

Alice is bringing back to his stage show guitarist Steve Hunter, who famously toured and recorded with him for several years.  Additionally, Tommy Henriksen will be replacing Keri Kelli on guitar, and Damon Johnson will be continuing with the band, making for a three guitar attack.

Glen Sobel will be joining the band on drums, replacing Jimmy DeGrasso, while bassist Chuck Garric will continue to anchor the rhythm section.

Said Alice, "Steve's always been one of my favorite guitarists since the first time I ever heard him play, and I've been working with Tommy a lot on the new album.  Oh, and yes, a new snake might make the band lineup...you never know.  We will miss Jimmy and Keri, but I know we will be sharing a stage again in the future."

The "Devil Side Festival" in Oberhausen, Germany, where Alice was due to appear on July 2nd, has been cancelled. The festival's promoters have released a statement on their homepage  stating too much competition from "The Big 4" show in nearby Gelsenkirchen as the reason for the cancellation of "Devil Side". Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are due to appear at Gelsenkirchen (Schalke) football stadium the same day.

According to the Late Night TV Page, Alice Cooper will be a guest on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' on Friday, March 18th. The Tonight Show airs on NBC TV at 11:35 EST; check local listings for details.

It appears that there will be some announcement of the new line up for the current Alice Cooper solo band in around a week.

According to AC.com Alice Cooper will be playing the Horseshoe Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana on May 12th.

Damon Johnson will be performing with Black Jacket Symphony on Friday June 3rd when the band will perform The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper's' album along with various other Beatles hits at the Alabama Theatre.

'In The Studio' will be dedicating two radio shows to Alice Cooper on the eve of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction. The first this week will concentrate on the 'Love It To Death' and 'Killer' abums while next week they will cover 'Billion Dollar Babies'. These shows are presumably updated versions of the previously aired specials on the same subjects.

Michael Bruce makes an appearance on the new Ant-Bee album entitled 'Electric Church Music'. Ant-Bee is the stage name of writer and musician Billy James, who co-wrote Michaels book 'No More Mr Nice Guy'. Ant-Bee's last album 'Lunar Musik' featured a host of celebrities including Michael, Neal Smith and Glen Buxton.

According to Newstalk.ie Alice Cooper will be playing two Irish shows in June, somewhat strangely opening for Def Leppard. Thin Lizzy also play. Tickets go on sale Friday at 9am. The dates are:
June 7th - The Odyessy Arena, Belfast
June 8th - The O2, Dublin

Metal Sludge have a new interview with Alice in which he suggests Keri Kelli has left the band! More info if and when I get it.

Alice has been announced as recording a song for the forthcoming Ronnie James Dio tribute album along with Rob Halford, Glenn Hughes, Lemmy and a host of others. Apparently Alice is looking at recording a song Ronnie performed with his pre-Rainbow band Elf.

 Pegasus News have a review of Damon Johnsons' solo show in Dallas earlier this week.

According to an advert in 'Rock Hard' magazine Alice will be playing the Devil Side festival in Oberhausen, Germany on July 2nd.

This years Revolver 'Golden Gods' awards show, at which Alice will be receiving the 'Golden God' award, has just skyrocketed in importance for all fans as according to the website the show will also feature a performance by the original Alice Cooper band, with a guest appearance by Rob Zombie. It all takes place at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles on April 20th.

The Eric Singer Project, which also features Chuck Garric, Bruce Kulick (Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad) and John Corabi (Motley Crue, Ratt) have scheduled a short European Tour. Dates are as follows:
March 26th - Honefoss-Oslo, Norway - Alfred
March 27th - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
March 30th - Pratteln-Basel, Switzerland - Z7
March 31st - Prague, Czeck Republic - Exit Chmelnice
April 1st - Zlin, Czeck Republic - Master of Rock Cafe
April 2nd - Tefls, Austria - Rathaussaal Tefls

Alice was on NPR Radio thehe other morning and you can listen to the interview here with a transcript here.

There is now more info on this years Alice Cooper Golf Tournament, which takes place on April 4th in Phoenix, posted to the Solid Rock website including a registration form.

AC.com are now offering VIP packages for some of the forthcoming dates.

As previously reported Keri Kelli has been touring Europe with Chris Slade Steel Circle and you can check out five videos from the Holland show at Gunther's YouTube page.

Alice spoke about the forthcoming 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' album on 'Nights With Alice Cooper' a few days ago and this is what he had to say (Courtesy of Planet Rock):
"I'm very happy with working with Bob (Ezrin) again. It's 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', and it's the next nightmare. Thirty years later, he has another nightmare, and this one is even worse than the last one. . . I haven't worked with Bob in a long time. After the 35th anniversary of 'Nightmare', I said, 'Why don't we start writing something else?' And he said, 'Why don't we just do part two?' We'd never done part two, so I went, 'That's a great idea. Let's get me and you together, I think we can still get Steven Hunter and Dick Wagner. We'll put some of the original people on it and add some new people."
In other interviews Alice has suggested a Halloween release date but of course nothing is fixed in stone yet. We do know, of course, that the original Alice Cooper band have been involved in several tracks, as have Wagner and Hunter, as well as the current band, however what may make the final cut is yet to be announced.

Alice will apparently be appearing on the Dennis Miller radio show on Monday. This could be a re-run of an older interview. You can normally listen to the show here.

Alice will feature in the "Paul Shaffer's Rock Hall Spectacular" which is due to air on US radio on March 9th.

Alice Cooper will be performing at a concert to benefit the victims of January's shooting rampage in Tucson. Alice Cooper joins an all-star line-up of musicians at the Tucson Convention Center, (who have donated the building), on Thursday, March 10, 6PM.
The event is a fundraiser for the non-profit Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, benefiting the newly established Fund for Civility, Respect, and Understanding. The Fund will support individuals and families affected by the January 8th shooting in Tucson, and will promote civility and respect in public discourse, schools, and the community. The fund will also work to increase awareness of mental health symptoms, prevention and treatment services.
Other performers set to appear include Jackson Browne, David Crosby & Graham Nash, Sam Moore, Nils Lofgren, Keb’ Mo’, Jerry Riopelle, Dar Williams, Ozomatli, and Calexico. The event will also feature speakers including Ron Barber, who was among those wounded on January 8, NASA Astronaut Mark Kelly (Giffords’ husband), Lea Marquez Peterson (president of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) and Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup (who introduced a nation-wide Civility Accord at the winter legislative meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. on January 18, which has since been signed by almost 200 mayors). Tickets go on sale February 19th at 10 a.m. through the Tucson Convention Center Ticket Office 260 S. Church Ave. (10 a.m. - noon), on the web at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone (800)745-3000 and all Ticketmaster Outlets.

Alice will also be making an appearance at the 'Revolver Golden Gods' awards announcement press conference on February 24th at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

Calico Cooper will be appearing at the 'Fashion Week In Hell' on March 3rd which takes place in Hell, Nord-Trondelag in Norway. The show is put together by 'Anti Sweden Jeans', and Calico has already done a photoshoot for them, which you can see at their Facebook page along with more info.

More Canadian Dates have surfaced. Alice Cooper will be playing Pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec, Canada (with Anvil opening) on May 14th. Tickets go on sale February 18th.
Also the Sudbury Star is reporting that Alice will play the Sudbury Arena in Sudbury, ON, Canada on May 18th. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
Then we have Ticketmaster.ca listing May 16th at Ottawa Civic Center (on sale 17th Feb.) and Hamilton Place Theatre on May 17th (on sale 15th Feb.).

They will also be playing the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium on November 2nd. Tickets also go on sale Thursday.

Alice Cooper will play at the Buffalo Chip's 30th annual party during the 2011 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Saturday August 6th.

Alice Cooper was interviewed by Predator's TV when he was at the hockley game last weekend and you can see it here.

Damon Johnson is proud to announce the debut of a selection of tour t-shirts around his new album, "Release". One shirt features the 'Release' album cover graphic on the front and "Crafter Guitars Presents Damon Johnson Release Tour 2011" on the back. There is also a Damon Johnson double dragon design in both black and army green. Shirts are 100% ring-spun cotton, pre-shrunk, soft feel, modern cut. All sizes are available, Small through 3XL. Super great quality, super great shirts. Order one now at DamonJohnson.com

Solid Rock have announced that the date for this years "Alice Cooper Ganem Desert Jewel Golf Tournament" will be April 4th with more info to come.

Rob Zombie has been announced as presenter when Alice Cooper are incucted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Nightrider have announced a new limited edition Alice Cooper Signature Series Belt Buckle. It's yet to be available online but you can call them now to order.
(Thanks Matt)

According to the Toronto Sun Alice Cooper will be playing the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario on May 20th with tickets going on sale February 15th at $40 and $50.

There's been more press coverage from the Nashville Hockey appearance including The Examiner, Blabbermouth (with a video), and Preds On The Glass.

Alice Cooper went to the Nashville Predator's Hockey game last night in Nashville and joined the house band. Yfrogpics has a couple of photos here and here by DrMattMcGee.

British Airways in flight magazine 'High Life' has an article about 'Alice Cooper's Phoenix' which you can see online here.

Alice has been announced as playing again at the Kraft Nabisco Championship Celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament between March 29th and 30th at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs.

Keri Kelli, along with ex-WASP guitarist Chris Holmes, will be finishing up his European shows with Chris Slade's Steel Circle with one final show in Moscow on Febraury 26th at Club Music Town.

Alice Cooper has been announced as playing the Festival Montereau Confluences 2011 on June 10th in Parc des Noues de Montereau.

St Pauls Gallery is a gallery based in the UK that specialises in music related art work and have a very limited number of special official prints available, each hand signed by Alice Cooper, created from audio sampling a section of 'School’s Out' by artist Tim Wakefield. These are very rare with only 50 produced in the World and they were created in co-operation with the Nordoff Robbins charity.
If you are interested in purchasing one if these then enter the code IGALG156 at the checkout, then recalculate, and you'll get a 10% discount!

Keri Kelli is out on tour with Chris Slade's Steel Circle (All AC/DC songs by their ex-drummer) again this Month. The dates are as follows:
February 3rd - Madrid, Spain, Ritmo Y Compas
February 4th - Villava Atarabbia, Spain, Totem
February 5th - Huesca, Spain, Jai Alai
February 6th - Pratteln, Switzerland, Z7
February 8th - Augsburg, Germany, Spectrum Club
February 9th - Verviers, Belgium, Sprirt Of 66
February 10th - Ahaus, Germany, Logo
February 12th - Kerkade, Holland, Rock Temple
February 15th - St. Maurice, Switzerland, Manoir Pub
February 17th - Tronheim, Norway, Byscenen
February 18th - Grimstad, Norway, Bluebox
February 19th - Gjerdrum, Norway, Gjerdrum Kulturhus

Official Statement:
"There was a completely false "news" report in Veronica Radio's online magazine in Holland yesterday (Friday, 28th January 2011), claiming that there is a forthcoming movie on Alice's life that will commence filming in February and also that this year's tour will be his last.   Both of these "news" reports are completely false and we have no idea as to their source."

Meanwhile Alice Cooper has been confirmed as playing the Spanish Sonisphere Festival in Madrid on July 16th. He's also been confirmed as headlining the second stage at Download on the saturday night (June 11th) as we suspected.

Alice is all over the press the last couple of days after making comments on Robert Plants' refusal to reform Led Zeppelin. Not much of a story really but as everywhere seems to have picked up on it you can check out an example here.

Westport Patch has a article/interview about Neal Smith and the Hall Of Fame induction.

Here's some more chances to catch Damon Johnson out on the road next month. He plays:
February 12th - Kingsport, TN - The Pit Bus by Bone Fire Smokehouse
February 18th - Guntersville, AL - Headline Reunion, Rounders
February 20th - Auburn, AL - The War Eagle Super Club

John Varvatos, the designer who has used Alice in his publicity a few times now, has released two limited eition AC t-shirts which you vcan get now at his website. There's a 'Eyes Of Alice Cooper' design and a 'Killer' Design.

Damon Johnson will be on 'Live From Music City' on Tuesday February 1st between 9pm and 10.20pm EDT discussing his career. You can listen online.
Damon is also making some solo appearances over the next couple of weeks playing an acoustic set promoting the recent 'Release' CD. You can catch him at the following venues:
January 29th - Whitesbury, KY - Summit City Lounge
February 5th - Sterling, IL - Wagon Wheel
February 23rd - Austin, TX - The Ghost Room
February 24th - Little Rock, AR - Juanita's
February 25th - Dallas, TX - Poor David's Pub
February 27th - Denison, TX - Loose Wheels
February 28th - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House

It *appears* Alice Cooper will be headlining the second stage at the Download festival, Saturday June 11th.

Alice was interviewed by KCLB briefly at the Bob Hope Classic about the movie 'Black Swan' and you can hear the interview at Blabbermouth.

Alice Cooper has been confirmed to play the Download Festival at Donington Park which takes place June 10th-12th 2011. No announcement yet on which day they will play.

Digital Journal has a short article confirming the Alice Cooper Band will be playing the Hall of Fame induction ceremony in March.

The Examiner has a short interview with Alice.

There's been some coverage of the Bob Hope Classic with a few mentions of Alice. MyDesert has a quote, Golf.com has a photo.

According to Gerard Drouot Productions Alice Cooper will also be playing the following French shows in addition to the Paris show on the 8th:
3rd November - Lille, Zeneth Grand Palais
5th November - Toulouse, Zenith
6th November - Lyon, La Halle Tony Garnier
9th November - Rouen, Zenith
10th November - Rennes, Le Liberte

According to FNAC Tickets Alice Cooper will be performing at Le Zenith in Paris, France on November 8th 2011. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am. 

Planet Rock have published the results of their end of year listener poll and Alice Cooper has done pretty well! Alice came 5th in the 'Band of theYear', 6th in 'Live Act of the Year', 4th in the 'Event of the Year' for the Halloween Roundhouse shows, and 3rd in 'Film of the Year' for the 'Theater Of Death' DVD. Not only that but he can also claim partial credit for appearing on Slash's 'Album of the Year' and at Sonisphere, voted 3rd 'Festival of the Year'.
Alice of course appears on Planet Rock every evening with 'Nights With Alice Cooper'.

Alcie Cooper has been confirmed as playing the Getaway Rock Festival between 7th-9th July in Gavle, Sweden. Alice will play the 9th.

Damon Johnson will be playing a solo show at the Old Rock House, in St Louis on February 28th. The venue has a short article about Damon as well.

Chuck Garric is in LA this month Rehearsing with Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters. The Boxmasters will be performing Jan 15th  at the Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation in St. Loius MI. It's a really great foundation check out the link http://www.tlr-arf.org/.
For those with access to tickets Chuck will also be at NAMM again this year. Stop by the HARTKE BOOTH at 3:30 Chuck along with Geezer Butler, Mike Inez and others will be doing a signing. NAMM is a industry only event.

Dennis Dunaway features in the current 'Classic Rock and Metal Podcast' podcast. You can download the podcast here.

It what appears to now be an annual thing, Alice again has a car featured in the Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson car auction, this time it's a 1969 Camero. with a signed guitar included as well. The auction runs between Jan 17th and 23rd.

Possibly the strangest band ever took to the stage in Maui on New Years even in aid of the Maui Food bank. AC.com has photos of James Hetfield (Metallica), Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Pat Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) and Mike Kroeger (Nickleback) on stage with Alice for 'School's Out!'